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