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