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