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