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