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