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