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