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