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