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