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