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 violin by the blackboard, a van by the teacher’s desk, an owl by the notice board, a duck by the stairs, a vase by the classroom door. What did you place by the notice board? (a) vase (b) violin (c) owl (d) duck
- 2.🏰 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
- 3.🏰 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
- 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a pencil by the notice board, a jug by the blackboard, an apple by the stairs, an igloo by the classroom door, a jalebi by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the igloo? (a) stairs (b) blackboard (c) teacher’s desk (d) classroom door
- 5.🏰 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
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a rope by the door, an igloo by the dining table, a candle by the sofa, a coconut by the TV, a tent by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) tent (b) candle (c) coconut (d) rope
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a net by the sofa, a jalebi by the bed, a fan by the dining table, a pencil by the TV, a rope by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) fan (b) net (c) rope (d) pencil
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a drum by the banyan tree, a violin by the fruit cart, a glass by the post box, a cat by the park gate, a watch by the bus stop. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) glass (b) violin (c) watch (d) cat
- 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a watch by the sofa, a pencil by the shoe rack, an ant by the gate, a jug by the door, an urn by the TV. Where did you place the watch? (a) sofa (b) gate (c) shoe rack (d) door
- 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.🏰 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
- 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an anchor by the fruit cart, an inkpot by the bus stop, an igloo by the banyan tree, an ant by the post box, a rose by the park gate. Where did you place the igloo? (a) bus stop (b) banyan tree (c) post box (d) park gate
- 13.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a lemon by the banyan tree, a banana by the post box, a tomato by the fruit cart, an igloo by the swing, an anchor by the park gate. Where did you place the banana? (a) banyan tree (b) post box (c) park gate (d) fruit cart
- 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a jeep by the teacher’s desk, a banana by the library, a jug by the stairs, a nest by the blackboard, a ball by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) jug (b) nest (c) ball (d) banana
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a guava by the park gate, a wallet by the slide, an anchor by the bench, a doll by the fruit cart, a pillow by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) anchor (b) pillow (c) guava (d) doll
- 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.🏰 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
- 19.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the rhyme method (c) the method of loci (d) the pomodoro
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an ant by the slide, a violin by the park gate, a mango by the banyan tree, a rose by the swing, a guava by the fruit cart. Where did you place the guava? (a) banyan tree (b) slide (c) fruit cart (d) park gate
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a rope by the fruit cart, a violin by the banyan tree, a jalebi by the post box, an apple by the park gate, a duck by the bus stop. What did you place by the park gate? (a) jalebi (b) duck (c) violin (d) apple
- 22.🏰 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
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a candle by the classroom door, a goat by the school gate, a frog by the notice board, a guava by the stairs, a tiger by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the frog? (a) notice board (b) classroom door (c) school gate (d) stairs
- 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a coconut by the library, an apple by the classroom door, a drum by the blackboard, a radio by the teacher’s desk, a candle by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) apple (b) drum (c) radio (d) candle
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a lamp by the park gate, a flute by the fruit cart, a van by the swing, an orange by the slide, a bucket by the bench. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) bucket (b) van (c) flute (d) orange
- 26.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 27.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an umpire by the playground, a lamp by the blackboard, a sock by the classroom door, a tomato by the teacher’s desk, a radio by the library. Where did you place the radio? (a) classroom door (b) library (c) teacher’s desk (d) blackboard
- 29.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 30.🏰 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
- 31.🏰 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
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a nest by the library, a mirror by the teacher’s desk, an apple by the stairs, a banana by the blackboard, a tent by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) mirror (b) banana (c) nest (d) tent
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a mirror by the dining table, a tomato by the kitchen, a needle by the shoe rack, a guava by the sofa, a ball by the TV. What did you place by the sofa? (a) needle (b) mirror (c) guava (d) tomato
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a jug by the library, a key by the playground, a doll by the teacher’s desk, a watch by the classroom door, an umbrella by the blackboard. What did you place by the library? (a) jug (b) umbrella (c) watch (d) doll
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an igloo by the classroom door, a fan by the stairs, an ice cream by the teacher’s desk, a van by the notice board, an owl by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) igloo (b) owl (c) van (d) ice cream
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a cat by the sofa, a jug by the dining table, an igloo by the kitchen, an anchor by the shoe rack, a bucket by the TV. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) igloo (b) bucket (c) jug (d) cat
- 37.🏰 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
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a drum by the bench, an umbrella by the park gate, a flute by the fruit cart, an umpire by the slide, a pillow by the swing. Where did you place the drum? (a) swing (b) bench (c) slide (d) fruit cart
- 39.🏰 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
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a vase by the teacher’s desk, a rope by the stairs, a guava by the notice board, a spoon by the blackboard, a jeep by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) spoon (b) jeep (c) rope (d) guava
Answer key
- owl
- to keep the order
- put pictures at stops
- classroom door
- choose a place you know
- candle
- fan
- violin
- sofa
- choose a place you know
- one you know very well
- banyan tree
- step 4
- post box
- jug
- anchor
- put pictures at stops
- yes, with new pictures
- the method of loci
- fruit cart
- apple
- fix stops in order
- notice board
- drum
- flute
- step 2
- step 1
- library
- step 3
- choose a place you know
- fix stops in order
- mirror
- guava
- jug
- owl
- igloo
- fix stops in order
- bench
- fix stops in order
- jeep
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