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