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