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