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