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