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