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