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