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