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