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