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