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