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