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