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