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