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