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