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