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 a guava by the fruit cart, a ball by the slide, a cat by the banyan tree, a kettle by the park gate, an apple by the swing. What did you place by the swing? (a) apple (b) kettle (c) ball (d) cat
- 2.🏰 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
- 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a banana by the kitchen, a tiger by the TV, a cat by the dining table, an inkpot by the bed, an apple by the sofa. What did you place by the sofa? (a) banana (b) cat (c) tiger (d) apple
- 4.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the pomodoro (c) the rhyme method (d) the method of loci
- 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: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a needle by the slide, a sock by the swing, a rope by the bench, a frog by the fruit cart, a wallet by the park gate. What did you place by the bench? (a) needle (b) frog (c) rope (d) sock
- 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a jeep by the TV, a frog by the sofa, an onion by the shoe rack, a drum by the gate, a fan by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) jeep (b) onion (c) drum (d) fan
- 9.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 10.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a cat by the library, an urn by the stairs, a whistle by the classroom door, a vase by the teacher’s desk, a duck by the blackboard. What did you place by the stairs? (a) urn (b) duck (c) whistle (d) vase
- 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a guava by the classroom door, a frog by the blackboard, a violin by the notice board, a watch by the teacher’s desk, a wallet by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) guava (b) violin (c) watch (d) frog
- 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a lemon by the dining table, a frog by the door, a tiger by the TV, a banana by the shoe rack, a sock by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) sock (b) tiger (c) lemon (d) banana
- 14.🏰 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 parrot by the fruit cart, a whistle by the park gate, a frog by the slide, a duck by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) whistle (b) violin (c) parrot (d) duck
- 15.🏰 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
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an inkpot by the banyan tree, a tomato by the park gate, a cat by the fruit cart, an anchor by the slide, a nest by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) tomato (b) anchor (c) inkpot (d) nest
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a flute by the classroom door, a candle by the teacher’s desk, a goat by the playground, an anchor by the library, a violin by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) flute (b) anchor (c) candle (d) violin
- 18.🏰 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
- 19.🏰 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
- 20.🏰 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
- 21.🏰 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
- 22.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 23.🏰 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
- 24.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) to make it longer (c) to keep the order (d) it looks nice
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an onion by the playground, a tomato by the library, an owl by the classroom door, a violin by the blackboard, a duck by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) tomato (b) violin (c) onion (d) duck
- 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a candle by the fruit cart, a ladder by the park gate, a frog by the bus stop, a pencil by the post box, a lamp by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) ladder (b) candle (c) frog (d) lamp
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a net by the park gate, a tent by the post box, an ice cream by the fruit cart, a jalebi by the bus stop, a banana by the banyan tree. What did you place by the post box? (a) banana (b) ice cream (c) jalebi (d) tent
- 28.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) use no route (c) skip 5 items (d) add more stops
- 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an ant by the sofa, an owl by the door, a duck by the TV, a tomato by the gate, a mango by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) mango (b) ant (c) tomato (d) duck
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a coconut by the sofa, a monkey by the kitchen, a jalebi by the shoe rack, a net by the dining table, a nest by the TV. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) nest (b) jalebi (c) coconut (d) monkey
- 31.🏰 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
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a tiger by the playground, a doll by the classroom door, an owl by the blackboard, a violin by the library, a jug by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) doll (b) jug (c) owl (d) tiger
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a needle by the library, a doll by the stairs, a nest by the classroom door, a van by the blackboard, an onion by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) onion (b) doll (c) nest (d) needle
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an onion by the shoe rack, a pillow by the dining table, a nest by the TV, a candle by the sofa, a lamp by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) candle (b) lamp (c) onion (d) pillow
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a glass by the banyan tree, a guava by the park gate, a bucket by the bus stop, a nest by the fruit cart, an umpire by the post box. What did you place by the park gate? (a) bucket (b) nest (c) umpire (d) guava
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a candle by the park gate, a drum by the fruit cart, a duck by the banyan tree, a fan by the swing, a jug by the post box. Where did you place the drum? (a) park gate (b) banyan tree (c) fruit cart (d) swing
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a violin by the swing, a coconut by the post box, a mango by the banyan tree, a guava by the fruit cart, an ant by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) guava (b) ant (c) mango (d) violin
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a glass by the dining table, a needle by the sofa, a tomato by the shoe rack, a doll by the TV, a nest by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) nest (b) doll (c) tomato (d) needle
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a watch by the dining table, a candle by the shoe rack, a bucket by the door, an ant by the TV, a drum by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) ant (b) watch (c) bucket (d) drum
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a lamp by the stairs, a pencil by the notice board, a drum by the classroom door, a wallet by the teacher’s desk, a coconut by the blackboard. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) coconut (b) wallet (c) drum (d) pencil
Answer key
- apple
- put pictures at stops
- apple
- the method of loci
- put pictures at stops
- rope
- step 3
- drum
- step 1
- step 4
- urn
- frog
- lemon
- parrot
- one you know very well
- anchor
- candle
- yes, with new pictures
- choose a place you know
- choose a place you know
- choose a place you know
- step 2
- fix stops in order
- to keep the order
- onion
- frog
- tent
- add more stops
- duck
- monkey
- fix stops in order
- owl
- nest
- candle
- guava
- fruit cart
- mango
- tomato
- bucket
- drum
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