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