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