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