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