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