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