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