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