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