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