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