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