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 home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a kite by the door, an anchor by the sofa, a needle by the shoe rack, a banana by the gate, a van by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) kite (b) van (c) needle (d) banana
- 2.🏰 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
- 3.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 4.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 5.🏰 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
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an apple by the sofa, an umpire by the door, a lamp by the dining table, a violin by the shoe rack, a candle by the TV. What did you place by the dining table? (a) umpire (b) violin (c) lamp (d) apple
- 7.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) to make it longer (c) to keep the order (d) no reason
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a spoon by the post box, a parrot by the banyan tree, an inkpot by the park gate, a guava by the bus stop, a watch by the fruit cart. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) inkpot (b) parrot (c) guava (d) watch
- 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an urn by the fruit cart, a monkey by the park gate, a bucket by the banyan tree, a duck by the post box, a parrot by the bus stop. What did you place by the post box? (a) urn (b) duck (c) monkey (d) parrot
- 10.🏰 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
- 11.🏰 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
- 12.🏰 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
- 13.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 14.🏰 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
- 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an umpire by the notice board, a doll by the classroom door, a guava by the teacher’s desk, a sock by the stairs, a tomato by the school gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) sock (b) umpire (c) tomato (d) guava
- 16.🏰 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
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an urn by the sofa, a bucket by the gate, a violin by the door, a candle by the TV, a wallet by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) bucket (b) wallet (c) violin (d) urn
- 18.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 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.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the method of loci
- 21.🏰 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
- 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a van by the slide, a watch by the park gate, a drum by the swing, a rose by the banyan tree, a ball by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) ball (b) van (c) drum (d) watch
- 23.🏰 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
- 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a glass by the stairs, a drum by the blackboard, a fan by the teacher’s desk, a kite by the classroom door, a guava by the library. Where did you place the kite? (a) library (b) teacher’s desk (c) classroom door (d) stairs
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a rope by the park gate, an ant by the banyan tree, an anchor by the fruit cart, a candle by the post box, a doll by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) anchor (b) rope (c) doll (d) candle
- 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a tent by the bus stop, a needle by the banyan tree, an apple by the fruit cart, a doll by the post box, a drum by the park gate. What did you place by the post box? (a) apple (b) needle (c) drum (d) doll
- 27.🏰 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 bucket by the post box, a jeep by the banyan tree, a flute by the park gate, a mirror by the fruit cart. Where did you place the guava? (a) park gate (b) banyan tree (c) post box (d) bus stop
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a fan by the teacher’s desk, an inkpot by the blackboard, a wallet by the classroom door, a bucket by the stairs, a drum by the notice board. Where did you place the bucket? (a) notice board (b) blackboard (c) teacher’s desk (d) stairs
- 29.🏰 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 banyan tree, a pillow by the park gate, a lamp by the post box, a ladder by the fruit cart, an ant by the swing. Where did you place the ant? (a) fruit cart (b) park gate (c) swing (d) post box
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a duck by the bed, a pencil by the TV, a violin by the kitchen, a parrot by the sofa, a drum by the dining table. What did you place by the sofa? (a) duck (b) pencil (c) parrot (d) violin
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a mirror by the park gate, a glass by the fruit cart, an umpire by the banyan tree, a ball by the post box, a radio by the bus stop. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) glass (b) ball (c) radio (d) umpire
- 32.🏰 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
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a wallet by the TV, a jeep by the shoe rack, a monkey by the dining table, a glass by the sofa, a rose by the door. What did you place by the sofa? (a) monkey (b) glass (c) jeep (d) rose
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a glass by the bus stop, a whistle by the post box, an umbrella by the banyan tree, an onion by the park gate, a nest by the fruit cart. What did you place by the post box? (a) glass (b) umbrella (c) whistle (d) nest
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a monkey by the bus stop, a frog by the banyan tree, a wallet by the park gate, an apple by the post box, an ant by the fruit cart. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) wallet (b) monkey (c) ant (d) frog
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a goat by the blackboard, a radio by the teacher’s desk, a monkey by the notice board, a tent by the stairs, a mirror by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) mirror (b) radio (c) goat (d) tent
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a doll by the sofa, a cat by the kitchen, a goat by the dining table, a fan by the TV, a tent by the shoe rack. What did you place by the dining table? (a) goat (b) fan (c) cat (d) doll
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a rose by the TV, a candle by the sofa, a tomato by the door, a monkey by the shoe rack, a mango by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) mango (b) rose (c) tomato (d) monkey
- 39.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) skip 5 items (b) put all at one stop (c) add more stops (d) use no route
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a kite by the teacher’s desk, a coconut by the classroom door, a tent by the blackboard, an apple by the library, a jeep by the playground. Where did you place the apple? (a) teacher’s desk (b) library (c) playground (d) blackboard
Answer key
- banana
- choose a place you know
- step 2
- step 3
- put pictures at stops
- lamp
- to keep the order
- watch
- duck
- fix stops in order
- choose a place you know
- choose a place you know
- step 4
- yes, with new pictures
- umpire
- put pictures at stops
- violin
- step 1
- fix stops in order
- the method of loci
- fix stops in order
- van
- one you know very well
- classroom door
- candle
- doll
- bus stop
- stairs
- swing
- parrot
- umpire
- choose a place you know
- glass
- whistle
- ant
- mirror
- goat
- rose
- add more stops
- library
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