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