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