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