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