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