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