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