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