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