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