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