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