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