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