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