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 a monkey by the park gate, a doll by the post box, a vase by the swing, a violin by the banyan tree, a bucket by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) doll (b) vase (c) bucket (d) monkey
- 2.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a van by the playground, a drum by the teacher’s desk, a mango by the library, a lemon by the classroom door, a vase by the blackboard. Where did you place the vase? (a) playground (b) classroom door (c) library (d) blackboard
- 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a flute by the fruit cart, a monkey by the park gate, a pillow by the slide, a net by the bench, a mirror by the swing. Where did you place the net? (a) swing (b) bench (c) fruit cart (d) slide
- 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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a spoon by the classroom door, a sock by the notice board, a duck by the stairs, a frog by the blackboard, a guava by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) guava (b) frog (c) duck (d) spoon
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a lemon by the dining table, a ball by the shoe rack, an inkpot by the sofa, a monkey by the kitchen, a tiger by the TV. Where did you place the lemon? (a) shoe rack (b) kitchen (c) dining table (d) TV
- 8.🏰 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
- 9.🏰 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
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an anchor by the shoe rack, a rose by the TV, a guava by the sofa, a duck by the door, a mirror by the dining table. What did you place by the door? (a) guava (b) anchor (c) duck (d) rose
- 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a duck by the sofa, an igloo by the kitchen, an onion by the dining table, a candle by the bed, a jalebi by the TV. Where did you place the duck? (a) TV (b) bed (c) dining table (d) sofa
- 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a cat by the library, a parrot by the blackboard, a frog by the classroom door, a radio by the playground, a pencil by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) cat (b) radio (c) frog (d) pencil
- 13.🏰 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
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a watch by the shoe rack, a needle by the dining table, a parrot by the door, a kettle by the TV, a kite by the sofa. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) parrot (b) kite (c) needle (d) watch
- 15.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an onion by the library, a pencil by the classroom door, a monkey by the blackboard, a shoe by the teacher’s desk, an anchor by the playground. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) pencil (b) anchor (c) onion (d) monkey
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a parrot by the swing, an urn by the park gate, a glass by the slide, a bucket by the fruit cart, a frog by the bench. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) parrot (b) urn (c) glass (d) frog
- 18.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only once a year (b) yes, with new pictures (c) no, never (d) only for numbers
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a duck by the shoe rack, an urn by the sofa, a frog by the gate, a sock by the TV, a cat by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) sock (b) duck (c) cat (d) frog
- 20.🏰 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
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an ice cream by the library, an onion by the blackboard, a net by the teacher’s desk, a mirror by the playground, a lemon by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) ice cream (b) mirror (c) onion (d) net
- 22.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the method of loci (c) the pomodoro (d) the rhyme method
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a kite by the door, a pencil by the gate, an umbrella by the shoe rack, a van by the TV, a jalebi by the sofa. What did you place by the gate? (a) jalebi (b) pencil (c) kite (d) van
- 24.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) no reason (c) to keep the order (d) to make it longer
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a jeep by the shoe rack, an igloo by the door, a goat by the sofa, a vase by the TV, a tomato by the gate. What did you place by the TV? (a) igloo (b) jeep (c) goat (d) vase
- 26.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a shoe by the shoe rack, a pillow by the TV, a jalebi by the sofa, an umpire by the door, a nest by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) shoe (b) umpire (c) pillow (d) jalebi
- 28.🏰 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
- 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a whistle by the bed, a rope by the kitchen, a tomato by the sofa, a wallet by the dining table, a ball by the TV. Where did you place the rope? (a) TV (b) bed (c) kitchen (d) dining table
- 30.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 31.🏰 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
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an umpire by the blackboard, a goat by the classroom door, an owl by the library, a candle by the playground, a doll by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) doll (b) goat (c) owl (d) umpire
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a jalebi by the library, a bucket by the stairs, an apple by the classroom door, an urn by the teacher’s desk, a drum by the blackboard. Where did you place the apple? (a) stairs (b) classroom door (c) blackboard (d) teacher’s desk
- 34.🏰 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
- 35.🏰 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
- 36.🏰 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
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a spoon by the post box, a lemon by the park gate, an urn by the banyan tree, a rope by the swing, a monkey by the fruit cart. What did you place by the post box? (a) spoon (b) rope (c) monkey (d) lemon
- 38.🏰 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
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an apple by the sofa, a key by the TV, a pencil by the shoe rack, a drum by the dining table, an onion by the door. What did you place by the door? (a) drum (b) apple (c) pencil (d) onion
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a rope by the swing, a duck by the park gate, a tiger by the slide, a ladder by the bench, a fan by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) ladder (b) tiger (c) duck (d) rope
Answer key
- bucket
- step 1
- blackboard
- bench
- put pictures at stops
- spoon
- dining table
- fix stops in order
- fix stops in order
- duck
- sofa
- cat
- put pictures at stops
- watch
- step 3
- onion
- urn
- yes, with new pictures
- frog
- add more stops
- net
- the method of loci
- pencil
- to keep the order
- vase
- step 2
- shoe
- choose a place you know
- kitchen
- step 4
- choose a place you know
- doll
- classroom door
- fix stops in order
- one you know very well
- fix stops in order
- spoon
- choose a place you know
- onion
- ladder
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