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