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