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