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