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