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