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