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