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