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