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