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