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