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