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