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