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