Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace
Memory tip (Put it in its place): Steps: choose a place you know → fix stops in order → put pictures at stops → walk the route to recall. Always walk the stops in the same order — that is what keeps your list in order. More items than stops? Add stops. A new list? Put new pictures on the same stops.
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- 1.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) skip 5 items (b) add more stops (c) put all at one stop (d) use no route
- 2.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
- 3.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
- 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a spoon by the sofa, a guava by the bed, a frog by the kitchen, a mirror by the TV, a tiger by the dining table. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) spoon (b) mirror (c) guava (d) frog
- 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 6.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) yes, with new pictures (b) only once a year (c) no, never (d) only for numbers
- 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a tomato by the dining table, a guava by the TV, a watch by the kitchen, a van by the sofa, a whistle by the shoe rack. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) whistle (b) guava (c) van (d) watch
- 9.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a mango by the TV, a banana by the sofa, an inkpot by the gate, a drum by the shoe rack, a mirror by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) mango (b) banana (c) mirror (d) drum
- 11.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the method of loci
- 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a frog by the classroom door, a key by the stairs, a goat by the teacher’s desk, a wallet by the blackboard, an umbrella by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) key (b) frog (c) umbrella (d) wallet
- 13.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
- 14.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you know very well (c) a random new city (d) one you never saw
- 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a radio by the dining table, a glass by the TV, a whistle by the kitchen, an orange by the sofa, a fan by the bed. What did you place by the sofa? (a) fan (b) glass (c) orange (d) radio
- 16.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or choose a place you know? (a) put pictures at stops (b) choose a place you know
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a tiger by the TV, a glass by the shoe rack, a mirror by the sofa, a pencil by the gate, a tent by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) mirror (b) tiger (c) pencil (d) tent
- 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a pencil by the swing, a sock by the slide, an umbrella by the bench, an igloo by the park gate, a needle by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) igloo (b) umbrella (c) needle (d) sock
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a glass by the stairs, a ball by the teacher’s desk, a wallet by the blackboard, an urn by the notice board, a mirror by the classroom door. Where did you place the urn? (a) stairs (b) blackboard (c) notice board (d) classroom door
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a coconut by the park gate, an orange by the post box, an owl by the banyan tree, a goat by the bus stop, an apple by the fruit cart. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) goat (b) orange (c) owl (d) apple
- 21.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or walk the route to recall? (a) put pictures at stops (b) walk the route to recall
- 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a sock by the notice board, a lemon by the stairs, an umbrella by the teacher’s desk, a lamp by the classroom door, a radio by the school gate. Where did you place the lamp? (a) notice board (b) school gate (c) classroom door (d) teacher’s desk
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a glass by the fruit cart, a cat by the banyan tree, an ant by the slide, a spoon by the swing, a watch by the park gate. What did you place by the slide? (a) cat (b) spoon (c) glass (d) ant
- 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a jug by the teacher’s desk, an urn by the playground, a guava by the library, a duck by the blackboard, a rope by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) guava (b) urn (c) duck (d) jug
- 25.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) to make it longer (c) it looks nice (d) to keep the order
- 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a lamp by the sofa, a tent by the kitchen, a drum by the TV, a goat by the dining table, a coconut by the shoe rack. Where did you place the tent? (a) TV (b) sofa (c) dining table (d) kitchen
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a cat by the park gate, a tiger by the slide, a fan by the swing, a net by the fruit cart, a lemon by the banyan tree. Where did you place the lemon? (a) swing (b) park gate (c) banyan tree (d) slide
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a needle by the notice board, a pillow by the blackboard, a cat by the stairs, a flute by the classroom door, a candle by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) pillow (b) cat (c) candle (d) flute
- 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a cat by the TV, an orange by the door, a tomato by the shoe rack, a ball by the dining table, a jalebi by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) jalebi (b) tomato (c) orange (d) ball
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an apple by the library, a tomato by the classroom door, a pillow by the teacher’s desk, a tent by the blackboard, a tiger by the playground. Where did you place the tomato? (a) blackboard (b) teacher’s desk (c) playground (d) classroom door
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a key by the fruit cart, a guava by the swing, a rose by the banyan tree, a ball by the park gate, a candle by the post box. What did you place by the swing? (a) guava (b) rose (c) key (d) ball
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a bucket by the blackboard, a ball by the teacher’s desk, a cat by the classroom door, a rope by the stairs, a ladder by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) ball (b) cat (c) rope (d) bucket
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a fan by the classroom door, a ladder by the blackboard, a glass by the teacher’s desk, an onion by the notice board, a lemon by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) onion (b) fan (c) lemon (d) ladder
- 34.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or choose a place you know? (a) fix stops in order (b) choose a place you know
- 35.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
- 36.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 37.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
- 38.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or put pictures at stops? (a) choose a place you know (b) put pictures at stops
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a parrot by the TV, a coconut by the shoe rack, a rope by the gate, an onion by the sofa, an owl by the door. Where did you place the parrot? (a) door (b) TV (c) sofa (d) shoe rack
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an urn by the playground, a cat by the teacher’s desk, a lamp by the blackboard, a drum by the library, a shoe by the classroom door. What did you place by the playground? (a) urn (b) shoe (c) lamp (d) drum
Answer key
- add more stops
- fix stops in order
- put pictures at stops
- frog
- step 2
- yes, with new pictures
- step 3
- whistle
- step 1
- mango
- the method of loci
- key
- choose a place you know
- one you know very well
- orange
- choose a place you know
- pencil
- umbrella
- notice board
- owl
- put pictures at stops
- classroom door
- ant
- urn
- to keep the order
- kitchen
- banyan tree
- candle
- tomato
- classroom door
- guava
- rope
- lemon
- choose a place you know
- fix stops in order
- step 4
- fix stops in order
- choose a place you know
- TV
- urn
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