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