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: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a bucket by the school gate, a glass by the teacher’s desk, a mango by the stairs, a duck by the classroom door, an ant by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) duck (b) bucket (c) glass (d) ant
- 2.🏰 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
- 3.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 4.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a candle by the door, a key by the TV, a guava by the gate, a van by the shoe rack, a frog by the sofa. What did you place by the TV? (a) key (b) frog (c) guava (d) van
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a net by the shoe rack, an orange by the sofa, a radio by the TV, a fan by the kitchen, a tent by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) fan (b) net (c) radio (d) orange
- 8.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) the rhyme method (c) chunking (d) the pomodoro
- 9.🏰 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
- 10.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a drum by the park gate, a fan by the post box, a candle by the banyan tree, a tent by the swing, an anchor by the fruit cart. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) candle (b) fan (c) tent (d) anchor
- 12.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) use no route (c) skip 5 items (d) add more stops
- 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an owl by the TV, an onion by the dining table, a parrot by the kitchen, a rose by the shoe rack, a mirror by the sofa. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) owl (b) mirror (c) rose (d) onion
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a kettle by the shoe rack, a radio by the dining table, a coconut by the TV, a doll by the sofa, an umbrella by the door. What did you place by the sofa? (a) kettle (b) doll (c) radio (d) umbrella
- 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a jug by the dining table, a van by the sofa, a fan by the TV, a glass by the kitchen, a parrot by the bed. Where did you place the van? (a) bed (b) dining table (c) sofa (d) TV
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a net by the school gate, a mirror by the teacher’s desk, a drum by the classroom door, a kite by the notice board, a watch by the stairs. Where did you place the watch? (a) classroom door (b) school gate (c) stairs (d) teacher’s desk
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a cat by the school gate, a spoon by the teacher’s desk, a watch by the notice board, a bucket by the stairs, an igloo by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) igloo (b) watch (c) cat (d) spoon
- 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a jug by the banyan tree, a wallet by the fruit cart, a parrot by the swing, a candle by the park gate, a lamp by the post box. Where did you place the candle? (a) park gate (b) fruit cart (c) banyan tree (d) swing
- 19.🏰 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
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a vase by the library, a radio by the classroom door, a violin by the stairs, an anchor by the blackboard, a ladder by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) vase (b) radio (c) ladder (d) violin
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a spoon by the post box, a radio by the banyan tree, a net by the bus stop, a frog by the park gate, a mango by the fruit cart. Where did you place the frog? (a) park gate (b) post box (c) banyan tree (d) bus stop
- 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a guava by the gate, a rope by the TV, a violin by the sofa, a pillow by the shoe rack, an owl by the door. Where did you place the owl? (a) sofa (b) shoe rack (c) gate (d) door
- 23.🏰 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
- 24.🏰 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
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a rose by the teacher’s desk, a kite by the classroom door, a ladder by the school gate, a drum by the stairs, a kettle by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) ladder (b) rose (c) kettle (d) kite
- 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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a doll by the shoe rack, a drum by the dining table, a tent by the TV, a pencil by the door, a mirror by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) doll (b) drum (c) tent (d) pencil
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a lamp by the sofa, a coconut by the kitchen, a jeep by the TV, a key by the shoe rack, a spoon by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) spoon (b) coconut (c) lamp (d) jeep
- 29.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to keep the order (b) no reason (c) it looks nice (d) to make it longer
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an inkpot by the sofa, an umbrella by the shoe rack, a rose by the TV, a fan by the door, a ball by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) inkpot (b) rose (c) ball (d) fan
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a bucket by the fruit cart, a jalebi by the swing, an orange by the slide, a drum by the park gate, an owl by the banyan tree. What did you place by the swing? (a) orange (b) bucket (c) owl (d) jalebi
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a flute by the notice board, a vase by the classroom door, an ant by the stairs, an urn by the teacher’s desk, a lemon by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) urn (b) ant (c) vase (d) flute
- 33.🏰 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
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a ladder by the dining table, an onion by the kitchen, a monkey by the TV, a whistle by the bed, an ice cream by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) ice cream (b) onion (c) ladder (d) monkey
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an umpire by the slide, a kettle by the banyan tree, a frog by the fruit cart, a coconut by the park gate, a jeep by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) jeep (b) frog (c) kettle (d) coconut
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a pencil by the door, a tomato by the shoe rack, a ball by the sofa, a watch by the TV, a doll by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) ball (b) doll (c) watch (d) tomato
- 37.🏰 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
- 38.🏰 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
- 39.🏰 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, an owl by the stairs, an igloo by the teacher’s desk, a frog by the school gate, a ladder by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) igloo (b) owl (c) frog (d) ladder
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a mango by the library, a sock by the teacher’s desk, a bucket by the blackboard, an umbrella by the stairs, a vase by the classroom door. Where did you place the umbrella? (a) blackboard (b) stairs (c) teacher’s desk (d) library
Answer key
- bucket
- one you know very well
- step 1
- step 2
- step 4
- key
- net
- the method of loci
- put pictures at stops
- step 3
- anchor
- add more stops
- rose
- doll
- sofa
- stairs
- igloo
- park gate
- choose a place you know
- violin
- park gate
- door
- choose a place you know
- choose a place you know
- ladder
- choose a place you know
- pencil
- jeep
- to keep the order
- ball
- jalebi
- ant
- fix stops in order
- monkey
- kettle
- tomato
- fix stops in order
- yes, with new pictures
- owl
- stairs
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