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