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