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