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