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