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