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