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