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