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