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