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