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