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