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