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