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