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