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