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