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