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