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