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