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