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