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