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