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