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