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