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