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