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