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