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