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