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