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