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