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