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