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 lamp by the banyan tree, a monkey by the fruit cart, a jug by the post box, a wallet by the park gate, an apple by the swing. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) wallet (b) monkey (c) lamp (d) jug
- 2.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 3.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) to make it longer (c) no reason (d) to keep the order
- 4.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 5.🏰 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
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a pillow by the kitchen, a wallet by the dining table, a violin by the bed, a lamp by the sofa, an apple by the TV. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) lamp (b) apple (c) wallet (d) pillow
- 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 8.🏰 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
- 9.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) skip 5 items (b) add more stops (c) put all at one stop (d) use no route
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a bucket by the post box, an inkpot by the fruit cart, a candle by the banyan tree, a tent by the park gate, a mango by the bus stop. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) tent (b) bucket (c) candle (d) mango
- 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a ball by the sofa, a pillow by the gate, a rope by the door, a jalebi by the shoe rack, a vase by the TV. Where did you place the ball? (a) TV (b) sofa (c) door (d) gate
- 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a cat by the fruit cart, a rope by the slide, a rose by the swing, a spoon by the park gate, a flute by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) rose (b) rope (c) flute (d) cat
- 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a pillow by the gate, a flute by the sofa, a guava by the door, a wallet by the TV, a ladder by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) flute (b) guava (c) pillow (d) ladder
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an umbrella by the notice board, a jug by the classroom door, an umpire by the stairs, a net by the blackboard, a candle by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) umpire (b) jug (c) umbrella (d) candle
- 15.🏰 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 ladder by the fruit cart, a key by the slide, a wallet by the park gate, a pencil by the swing. Where did you place the wallet? (a) fruit cart (b) park gate (c) swing (d) banyan tree
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a jalebi by the blackboard, a whistle by the notice board, an apple by the stairs, a glass by the classroom door, an urn by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) urn (b) apple (c) jalebi (d) glass
- 17.🏰 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
- 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an inkpot by the sofa, a bucket by the TV, a doll by the dining table, a key by the kitchen, an ant by the shoe rack. What did you place by the sofa? (a) bucket (b) key (c) doll (d) inkpot
- 19.🏰 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
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an ice cream by the fruit cart, a guava by the park gate, a lemon by the swing, a ball by the slide, an ant by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) ball (b) ice cream (c) ant (d) guava
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a violin by the park gate, a frog by the slide, a rope by the fruit cart, a rose by the bench, a vase by the swing. What did you place by the swing? (a) rope (b) violin (c) vase (d) frog
- 22.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) the pomodoro (c) chunking (d) the rhyme method
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a rope by the TV, a tiger by the sofa, a lamp by the dining table, an apple by the bed, a rose by the kitchen. Where did you place the tiger? (a) bed (b) dining table (c) TV (d) sofa
- 24.🏰 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
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a flute by the banyan tree, an urn by the swing, a pillow by the park gate, a wallet by the fruit cart, a shoe by the slide. Where did you place the flute? (a) park gate (b) fruit cart (c) swing (d) banyan tree
- 26.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 27.🏰 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
- 28.🏰 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
- 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a fan by the teacher’s desk, a kettle by the blackboard, an orange by the notice board, a lamp by the stairs, a drum by the classroom door. Where did you place the fan? (a) stairs (b) teacher’s desk (c) classroom door (d) notice board
- 30.🏰 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
- 31.🏰 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
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a monkey by the TV, a tent by the kitchen, an orange by the sofa, an ice cream by the shoe rack, a candle by the dining table. Where did you place the monkey? (a) TV (b) sofa (c) kitchen (d) dining table
- 33.🏰 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
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a ladder by the shoe rack, a shoe by the sofa, a sock by the door, a jeep by the TV, a tomato by the dining table. What did you place by the dining table? (a) tomato (b) jeep (c) ladder (d) shoe
- 35.🏰 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
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a sock by the blackboard, a banana by the classroom door, a key by the stairs, a tiger by the teacher’s desk, a needle by the library. Where did you place the key? (a) classroom door (b) stairs (c) teacher’s desk (d) library
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a doll by the shoe rack, a tiger by the dining table, a whistle by the sofa, a pencil by the TV, a net by the door. What did you place by the dining table? (a) tiger (b) pencil (c) whistle (d) doll
- 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 school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a violin by the teacher’s desk, a frog by the blackboard, a tiger by the playground, a ball by the classroom door, a kettle by the library. Where did you place the frog? (a) playground (b) blackboard (c) classroom door (d) library
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a coconut by the park gate, a net by the slide, a cat by the fruit cart, a mango by the bench, a violin by the swing. Where did you place the mango? (a) slide (b) park gate (c) fruit cart (d) bench
Answer key
- lamp
- step 1
- to keep the order
- step 4
- one you know very well
- pillow
- step 2
- choose a place you know
- add more stops
- mango
- sofa
- cat
- guava
- jug
- park gate
- jalebi
- put pictures at stops
- inkpot
- choose a place you know
- guava
- vase
- the method of loci
- sofa
- fix stops in order
- banyan tree
- step 3
- choose a place you know
- yes, with new pictures
- teacher’s desk
- fix stops in order
- choose a place you know
- TV
- fix stops in order
- tomato
- put pictures at stops
- stairs
- tiger
- choose a place you know
- blackboard
- bench
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