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