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