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