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