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