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