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.🏰 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
- 2.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 3.🏰 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
- 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a duck by the notice board, a tiger by the blackboard, a radio by the classroom door, a violin by the stairs, an urn by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the urn? (a) notice board (b) classroom door (c) teacher’s desk (d) blackboard
- 5.🏰 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
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an owl by the blackboard, a needle by the classroom door, a rose by the stairs, an ant by the teacher’s desk, an urn by the notice board. Where did you place the owl? (a) teacher’s desk (b) stairs (c) notice board (d) blackboard
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a van by the post box, a monkey by the park gate, a tomato by the fruit cart, an umbrella by the banyan tree, a banana by the bus stop. Where did you place the banana? (a) park gate (b) fruit cart (c) post box (d) bus stop
- 8.🏰 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
- 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an apple by the blackboard, a needle by the library, an owl by the teacher’s desk, a jeep by the playground, a shoe by the classroom door. Where did you place the jeep? (a) teacher’s desk (b) classroom door (c) playground (d) blackboard
- 10.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 11.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) skip 5 items (b) use no route (c) add more stops (d) put all at one stop
- 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a ladder by the notice board, a spoon by the classroom door, a kite by the teacher’s desk, a jalebi by the stairs, a net by the school gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) jalebi (b) ladder (c) kite (d) net
- 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a vase by the dining table, a cat by the TV, a fan by the sofa, a van by the kitchen, a whistle by the bed. What did you place by the bed? (a) fan (b) vase (c) cat (d) whistle
- 14.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a violin by the stairs, a radio by the blackboard, a guava by the classroom door, a candle by the teacher’s desk, a cat by the notice board. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) candle (b) radio (c) violin (d) guava
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a drum by the TV, a wallet by the sofa, a van by the shoe rack, a cat by the dining table, a watch by the kitchen. Where did you place the drum? (a) TV (b) sofa (c) kitchen (d) shoe rack
- 17.🏰 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
- 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.🏰 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
- 20.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the method of loci (c) the rhyme method (d) the pomodoro
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a net by the playground, a rope by the blackboard, a tiger by the teacher’s desk, an owl by the library, an onion by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) rope (b) tiger (c) owl (d) net
- 22.🏰 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
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a radio by the swing, a tiger by the fruit cart, a kite by the park gate, an igloo by the bench, a banana by the slide. Where did you place the igloo? (a) park gate (b) swing (c) slide (d) bench
- 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a doll by the dining table, a mango by the TV, an apple by the bed, a duck by the sofa, a goat by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) duck (b) doll (c) mango (d) apple
- 25.🏰 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
- 26.🏰 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
- 27.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a kettle by the teacher’s desk, an onion by the library, an urn by the classroom door, a ball by the blackboard, a goat by the playground. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) onion (b) kettle (c) ball (d) urn
- 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a frog by the classroom door, a pillow by the blackboard, a jug by the teacher’s desk, a net by the stairs, a kettle by the library. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) jug (b) frog (c) kettle (d) net
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a glass by the slide, a lamp by the bench, an orange by the park gate, a fan by the swing, a parrot by the fruit cart. Where did you place the parrot? (a) swing (b) bench (c) park gate (d) fruit cart
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a ball by the park gate, a jug by the fruit cart, a flute by the swing, a key by the slide, a ladder by the bench. Where did you place the ball? (a) park gate (b) slide (c) swing (d) bench
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a tomato by the fruit cart, an anchor by the banyan tree, a jeep by the post box, a pillow by the park gate, an apple by the bus stop. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) tomato (b) apple (c) anchor (d) pillow
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a bucket by the post box, a watch by the fruit cart, a jalebi by the banyan tree, a tiger by the park gate, a mirror by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) watch (b) jalebi (c) bucket (d) tiger
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a kite by the school gate, a pillow by the teacher’s desk, a jalebi by the notice board, an igloo by the stairs, a banana by the classroom door. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) banana (b) pillow (c) jalebi (d) igloo
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a ball by the TV, a pillow by the sofa, a bucket by the shoe rack, a sock by the dining table, a goat by the door. What did you place by the sofa? (a) sock (b) bucket (c) goat (d) pillow
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a drum by the bed, a jalebi by the TV, a pillow by the sofa, an orange by the kitchen, a van by the dining table. Where did you place the orange? (a) kitchen (b) sofa (c) dining table (d) bed
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a wallet by the slide, a tomato by the banyan tree, a kite by the fruit cart, a vase by the swing, a ball by the park gate. Where did you place the wallet? (a) banyan tree (b) slide (c) park gate (d) fruit cart
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an urn by the park gate, a doll by the banyan tree, a sock by the swing, an orange by the fruit cart, a radio by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) radio (b) urn (c) doll (d) orange
- 39.🏰 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
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a bucket by the fruit cart, a mirror by the bench, a watch by the park gate, a fan by the slide, a drum by the swing. What did you place by the park gate? (a) fan (b) bucket (c) mirror (d) watch
Answer key
- to keep the order
- step 2
- put pictures at stops
- teacher’s desk
- put pictures at stops
- blackboard
- bus stop
- fix stops in order
- playground
- step 3
- add more stops
- jalebi
- whistle
- step 1
- candle
- TV
- choose a place you know
- choose a place you know
- one you know very well
- the method of loci
- net
- yes, with new pictures
- bench
- duck
- fix stops in order
- choose a place you know
- step 4
- ball
- frog
- fruit cart
- park gate
- tomato
- bucket
- banana
- pillow
- kitchen
- slide
- orange
- choose a place you know
- watch
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