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