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