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