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