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