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