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