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