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