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