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