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