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