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