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