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