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