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