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