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