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