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