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