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