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 school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a tent by the teacher’s desk, a flute by the blackboard, a vase by the notice board, a cat by the stairs, a sock by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) cat (b) flute (c) vase (d) sock
- 2.🏰 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
- 3.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the method of loci (d) the pomodoro
- 4.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a watch by the classroom door, a key by the stairs, a lemon by the blackboard, a mirror by the teacher’s desk, a jeep by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) key (b) jeep (c) watch (d) mirror
- 7.🏰 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
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a frog by the park gate, an urn by the post box, a whistle by the fruit cart, an umpire by the bus stop, a nest by the banyan tree. What did you place by the bus stop? (a) whistle (b) umpire (c) nest (d) frog
- 9.🏰 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
- 10.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a ball by the park gate, a rose by the post box, an anchor by the fruit cart, a watch by the swing, a sock by the banyan tree. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) watch (b) ball (c) anchor (d) rose
- 12.🏰 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
- 13.🏰 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
- 14.🏰 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
- 15.🏰 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 post box, a nest by the banyan tree, a coconut by the fruit cart, a mango by the bus stop, a watch by the park gate. Where did you place the nest? (a) fruit cart (b) bus stop (c) park gate (d) banyan tree
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a van by the blackboard, a banana by the stairs, a tiger by the library, a candle by the teacher’s desk, a frog by the classroom door. What did you place by the library? (a) tiger (b) van (c) candle (d) banana
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a violin by the door, a tomato by the TV, a rose by the dining table, a guava by the sofa, an orange by the shoe rack. What did you place by the door? (a) rose (b) tomato (c) orange (d) violin
- 18.🏰 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
- 19.🏰 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
- 20.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) skip 5 items (c) put all at one stop (d) add more stops
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an igloo by the classroom door, a nest by the stairs, a lamp by the teacher’s desk, a monkey by the blackboard, a watch by the library. Where did you place the monkey? (a) classroom door (b) blackboard (c) teacher’s desk (d) stairs
- 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.🏰 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
- 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a violin by the door, a coconut by the sofa, a jug by the TV, a fan by the gate, a guava by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) fan (b) guava (c) coconut (d) violin
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a cat by the classroom door, a rope by the blackboard, an orange by the teacher’s desk, a needle by the playground, a ball by the library. Where did you place the needle? (a) classroom door (b) teacher’s desk (c) library (d) playground
- 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a tomato by the stairs, a coconut by the teacher’s desk, a van by the library, an owl by the classroom door, a fan by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) owl (b) coconut (c) van (d) tomato
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a sock by the post box, an anchor by the fruit cart, a rope by the park gate, a rose by the banyan tree, a jalebi by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) anchor (b) rose (c) jalebi (d) rope
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a banana by the library, an ice cream by the teacher’s desk, an umpire by the classroom door, a lamp by the blackboard, a bucket by the playground. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) umpire (b) bucket (c) ice cream (d) lamp
- 29.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 30.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) to make it longer (c) to keep the order (d) no reason
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a net by the sofa, a drum by the TV, an ice cream by the dining table, a kettle by the door, a jug by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) jug (b) net (c) drum (d) kettle
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a cat by the dining table, a fan by the kitchen, a drum by the TV, a duck by the bed, a lamp by the sofa. What did you place by the bed? (a) cat (b) lamp (c) drum (d) duck
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a fan by the swing, a flute by the park gate, an igloo by the bench, a van by the fruit cart, a bucket by the slide. Where did you place the bucket? (a) bench (b) fruit cart (c) swing (d) slide
- 34.🏰 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
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a net by the gate, a rose by the door, a sock by the sofa, a frog by the shoe rack, an ant by the TV. Where did you place the net? (a) TV (b) gate (c) sofa (d) door
- 36.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 37.🏰 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
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a tomato by the dining table, a goat by the sofa, a pencil by the TV, an urn by the kitchen, a nest by the shoe rack. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) tomato (b) nest (c) pencil (d) urn
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a monkey by the park gate, a key by the swing, a cat by the fruit cart, a goat by the banyan tree, a tent by the post box. Where did you place the monkey? (a) post box (b) fruit cart (c) banyan tree (d) park gate
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a cat by the fruit cart, a candle by the park gate, a van by the slide, a kettle by the swing, a watch by the bench. Where did you place the van? (a) fruit cart (b) swing (c) slide (d) park gate
Answer key
- cat
- fix stops in order
- the method of loci
- step 1
- step 4
- mirror
- choose a place you know
- umpire
- choose a place you know
- step 2
- anchor
- yes, with new pictures
- choose a place you know
- put pictures at stops
- banyan tree
- tiger
- violin
- choose a place you know
- choose a place you know
- add more stops
- blackboard
- fix stops in order
- one you know very well
- violin
- playground
- van
- rope
- umpire
- step 3
- to keep the order
- net
- duck
- slide
- fix stops in order
- gate
- step 3
- choose a place you know
- urn
- park gate
- slide
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