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