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