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.🏰 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
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a ladder by the playground, an inkpot by the classroom door, an igloo by the teacher’s desk, a monkey by the blackboard, a key by the library. What did you place by the playground? (a) ladder (b) inkpot (c) monkey (d) igloo
- 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a flute by the park gate, an ice cream by the swing, a ladder by the fruit cart, a tomato by the bench, a lamp by the slide. What did you place by the bench? (a) flute (b) ladder (c) ice cream (d) tomato
- 4.🏰 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
- 5.🏰 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
- 6.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) to make it longer (c) to keep the order (d) no reason
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an orange by the door, a needle by the shoe rack, a watch by the TV, a spoon by the dining table, a fan by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) fan (b) watch (c) needle (d) spoon
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a sock by the notice board, a duck by the teacher’s desk, a monkey by the school gate, a doll by the classroom door, a jalebi by the stairs. What did you place by the school gate? (a) doll (b) jalebi (c) monkey (d) duck
- 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a violin by the swing, a flute by the banyan tree, a duck by the park gate, a jug by the fruit cart, a van by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) violin (b) flute (c) duck (d) van
- 10.🏰 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
- 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an umbrella by the banyan tree, a goat by the swing, a banana by the slide, a wallet by the fruit cart, an igloo by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) wallet (b) goat (c) banana (d) umbrella
- 12.🏰 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
- 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a shoe by the stairs, a pillow by the teacher’s desk, a ladder by the notice board, a lemon by the school gate, a whistle by the classroom door. Where did you place the whistle? (a) teacher’s desk (b) classroom door (c) school gate (d) stairs
- 14.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an igloo by the classroom door, an ice cream by the stairs, a tiger by the teacher’s desk, an anchor by the blackboard, a wallet by the notice board. What did you place by the notice board? (a) tiger (b) wallet (c) ice cream (d) igloo
- 16.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a coconut by the classroom door, a kite by the teacher’s desk, an ant by the library, a lemon by the playground, a glass by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) ant (b) glass (c) kite (d) coconut
- 18.🏰 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 rope by the classroom door, a flute by the library, an orange by the playground, an umpire by the blackboard. Where did you place the umpire? (a) blackboard (b) library (c) teacher’s desk (d) classroom door
- 19.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the rhyme method
- 20.🏰 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
- 21.🏰 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
- 22.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) skip 5 items (c) put all at one stop (d) add more stops
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an ant by the stairs, a vase by the classroom door, an igloo by the teacher’s desk, a mirror by the blackboard, a guava by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) mirror (b) igloo (c) vase (d) guava
- 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an urn by the banyan tree, a shoe by the park gate, a whistle by the fruit cart, a banana by the swing, a spoon by the slide. Where did you place the urn? (a) banyan tree (b) fruit cart (c) slide (d) park gate
- 25.🏰 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
- 26.🏰 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
- 27.🏰 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
- 28.🏰 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, a fan by the park gate, a pillow by the banyan tree, an umpire by the fruit cart, a needle by the bus stop. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) umpire (b) needle (c) onion (d) pillow
- 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a sock by the door, a monkey by the TV, a bucket by the sofa, a vase by the gate, a spoon by the shoe rack. Where did you place the monkey? (a) gate (b) shoe rack (c) TV (d) door
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a pencil by the teacher’s desk, a flute by the notice board, a glass by the classroom door, a watch by the stairs, a drum by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) glass (b) watch (c) flute (d) drum
- 31.🏰 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
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a bucket by the kitchen, an ant by the TV, a doll by the sofa, a banana by the bed, an anchor by the dining table. Where did you place the bucket? (a) TV (b) kitchen (c) dining table (d) bed
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a sock by the banyan tree, a shoe by the park gate, an apple by the post box, an urn by the fruit cart, a whistle by the bus stop. What did you place by the post box? (a) whistle (b) apple (c) sock (d) urn
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a pencil by the fruit cart, a flute by the park gate, a whistle by the swing, an ant by the post box, a jug by the banyan tree. What did you place by the swing? (a) ant (b) whistle (c) jug (d) pencil
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a cat by the dining table, an umbrella by the TV, a parrot by the kitchen, a lamp by the sofa, a jalebi by the bed. Where did you place the umbrella? (a) TV (b) kitchen (c) bed (d) dining table
- 36.🏰 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
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an apple by the TV, a kite by the dining table, a lemon by the kitchen, an owl by the bed, an umpire by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) owl (b) apple (c) kite (d) umpire
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a drum by the classroom door, a glass by the stairs, a cat by the blackboard, a banana by the notice board, a vase by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the vase? (a) teacher’s desk (b) notice board (c) classroom door (d) blackboard
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a kite by the shoe rack, a lamp by the dining table, a parrot by the TV, a jalebi by the sofa, an igloo by the door. What did you place by the dining table? (a) lamp (b) jalebi (c) kite (d) igloo
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a mango by the stairs, a glass by the teacher’s desk, a fan by the blackboard, a spoon by the classroom door, an anchor by the library. What did you place by the stairs? (a) spoon (b) glass (c) mango (d) anchor
Answer key
- step 1
- ladder
- tomato
- one you know very well
- fix stops in order
- to keep the order
- watch
- monkey
- van
- fix stops in order
- goat
- yes, with new pictures
- classroom door
- step 3
- wallet
- step 2
- kite
- blackboard
- the method of loci
- put pictures at stops
- choose a place you know
- add more stops
- vase
- banyan tree
- step 4
- fix stops in order
- choose a place you know
- onion
- TV
- watch
- put pictures at stops
- kitchen
- apple
- whistle
- TV
- choose a place you know
- apple
- teacher’s desk
- lamp
- mango
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