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