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