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