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