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: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
- 2.🏰 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 banyan tree, a goat by the bus stop, a vase by the park gate, a whistle by the post box, a sock by the fruit cart. What did you place by the bus stop? (a) whistle (b) glass (c) goat (d) vase
- 3.🏰 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
- 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 place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) a blank wall (c) a random new city (d) one you know very well
- 6.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) chunking (c) the method of loci (d) the rhyme method
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an apple by the dining table, an igloo by the TV, a kettle by the door, a kite by the sofa, a monkey by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) kettle (b) apple (c) igloo (d) monkey
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a frog by the gate, a fan by the shoe rack, a van by the TV, a monkey by the door, a goat by the sofa. What did you place by the sofa? (a) fan (b) van (c) goat (d) frog
- 9.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a parrot by the library, a guava by the blackboard, an orange by the classroom door, a mango by the playground, a jalebi by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) parrot (b) guava (c) mango (d) jalebi
- 11.🏰 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
- 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a radio by the classroom door, a parrot by the library, an onion by the playground, a banana by the blackboard, a net by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the net? (a) teacher’s desk (b) playground (c) library (d) classroom door
- 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a jalebi by the swing, a mango by the bench, a lemon by the park gate, a kite by the slide, an umpire by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) jalebi (b) umpire (c) kite (d) mango
- 14.🏰 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
- 15.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 16.🏰 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
- 17.🏰 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
- 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a nest by the door, a lamp by the TV, an ant by the shoe rack, an umbrella by the sofa, a watch by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) watch (b) umbrella (c) lamp (d) nest
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an urn by the park gate, a frog by the banyan tree, a tiger by the fruit cart, a tent by the post box, a needle by the bus stop. Where did you place the needle? (a) bus stop (b) post box (c) fruit cart (d) banyan tree
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an anchor by the shoe rack, an igloo by the door, a candle by the TV, a drum by the gate, a watch by the sofa. What did you place by the gate? (a) igloo (b) anchor (c) watch (d) drum
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a tiger by the post box, a pillow by the banyan tree, a goat by the swing, an igloo by the park gate, a lamp by the fruit cart. What did you place by the park gate? (a) goat (b) lamp (c) pillow (d) igloo
- 22.🏰 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
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a wallet by the blackboard, a watch by the stairs, a guava by the classroom door, a van by the notice board, a coconut by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) wallet (b) guava (c) coconut (d) watch
- 24.🏰 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
- 25.🏰 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
- 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a pencil by the sofa, a guava by the gate, a kettle by the door, a ball by the shoe rack, a whistle by the TV. What did you place by the door? (a) kettle (b) pencil (c) whistle (d) guava
- 27.🏰 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
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a guava by the TV, a bucket by the shoe rack, a cat by the kitchen, a parrot by the dining table, an apple by the sofa. Where did you place the parrot? (a) dining table (b) shoe rack (c) kitchen (d) sofa
- 29.🏰 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
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a whistle by the classroom door, a bucket by the library, a mirror by the teacher’s desk, a spoon by the blackboard, a pencil by the stairs. Where did you place the mirror? (a) stairs (b) blackboard (c) teacher’s desk (d) classroom door
- 31.🏰 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
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a vase by the TV, a guava by the door, a radio by the shoe rack, a jalebi by the sofa, a violin by the dining table. Where did you place the guava? (a) TV (b) sofa (c) shoe rack (d) door
- 33.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a tiger by the classroom door, a ball by the stairs, a mirror by the teacher’s desk, an ant by the notice board, a lemon by the school gate. Where did you place the mirror? (a) classroom door (b) teacher’s desk (c) school gate (d) stairs
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a banana by the bench, a bucket by the fruit cart, a shoe by the swing, a van by the park gate, a rope by the slide. What did you place by the swing? (a) rope (b) shoe (c) banana (d) van
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a goat by the TV, a jalebi by the gate, an ant by the door, a van by the shoe rack, a needle by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) van (b) jalebi (c) ant (d) goat
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a van by the classroom door, a vase by the library, a fan by the blackboard, a banana by the teacher’s desk, a sock by the playground. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) banana (b) sock (c) van (d) fan
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an ant by the sofa, a cat by the shoe rack, a tomato by the door, a key by the TV, an apple by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) cat (b) ant (c) tomato (d) key
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a violin by the banyan tree, an inkpot by the fruit cart, an onion by the park gate, a goat by the post box, a pillow by the swing. Where did you place the violin? (a) banyan tree (b) fruit cart (c) post box (d) swing
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an urn by the stairs, an onion by the school gate, a key by the teacher’s desk, a flute by the classroom door, a net by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) net (b) onion (c) urn (d) key
Answer key
- choose a place you know
- goat
- yes, with new pictures
- add more stops
- one you know very well
- the method of loci
- apple
- goat
- step 4
- jalebi
- put pictures at stops
- teacher’s desk
- mango
- put pictures at stops
- step 2
- choose a place you know
- choose a place you know
- watch
- bus stop
- drum
- igloo
- step 1
- wallet
- fix stops in order
- fix stops in order
- kettle
- choose a place you know
- dining table
- to keep the order
- teacher’s desk
- fix stops in order
- door
- step 3
- teacher’s desk
- shoe
- jalebi
- fan
- key
- banyan tree
- key
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