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