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