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