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