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