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