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 coconut by the notice board, a tent by the teacher’s desk, a vase by the classroom door, a tiger by the stairs, a key by the school gate. What did you place by the stairs? (a) tent (b) tiger (c) coconut (d) key
- 2.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) use no route (c) add more stops (d) skip 5 items
- 3.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) the method of loci (c) chunking (d) the rhyme method
- 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a fan by the blackboard, a coconut by the library, an ice cream by the stairs, a kite by the teacher’s desk, a candle by the classroom door. Where did you place the candle? (a) classroom door (b) library (c) teacher’s desk (d) blackboard
- 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a monkey by the bed, a candle by the sofa, a kettle by the dining table, a fan by the kitchen, a whistle by the TV. Where did you place the candle? (a) dining table (b) sofa (c) kitchen (d) bed
- 6.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an umbrella by the classroom door, a pillow by the library, a kite by the blackboard, a tent by the playground, a radio by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) kite (b) umbrella (c) tent (d) pillow
- 9.🏰 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
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a pencil by the park gate, an owl by the slide, a mirror by the fruit cart, a candle by the swing, a shoe by the bench. Where did you place the mirror? (a) park gate (b) slide (c) fruit cart (d) bench
- 11.🏰 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
- 12.🏰 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
- 13.🏰 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
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a glass by the TV, a jalebi by the shoe rack, a shoe by the dining table, a fan by the door, a frog by the sofa. Where did you place the shoe? (a) door (b) sofa (c) dining table (d) shoe rack
- 15.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a nest by the sofa, a tent by the shoe rack, a kite by the TV, a fan by the door, a net by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) net (b) tent (c) fan (d) kite
- 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.🏰 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
- 19.🏰 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
- 20.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) no reason (c) to keep the order (d) it looks nice
- 21.🏰 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
- 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a goat by the swing, a nest by the banyan tree, a glass by the slide, a kettle by the park gate, a parrot by the fruit cart. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) parrot (b) glass (c) kettle (d) nest
- 23.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 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 home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a violin by the sofa, a goat by the dining table, a candle by the kitchen, a net by the TV, a ladder by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) goat (b) candle (c) ladder (d) violin
- 26.🏰 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
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a rose by the post box, a rope by the park gate, a vase by the fruit cart, a key by the banyan tree, a shoe by the bus stop. Where did you place the shoe? (a) banyan tree (b) fruit cart (c) bus stop (d) post box
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an igloo by the bed, a flute by the dining table, a key by the sofa, a candle by the kitchen, a whistle by the TV. Where did you place the whistle? (a) TV (b) bed (c) sofa (d) kitchen
- 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a flute by the fruit cart, a radio by the bench, an igloo by the park gate, a rose by the slide, a pillow by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) rose (b) igloo (c) pillow (d) flute
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a flute by the banyan tree, an onion by the park gate, a duck by the swing, an owl by the post box, an ant by the fruit cart. Where did you place the ant? (a) post box (b) park gate (c) fruit cart (d) swing
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a needle by the classroom door, a jalebi by the stairs, a candle by the teacher’s desk, a drum by the school gate, a banana by the notice board. Where did you place the needle? (a) school gate (b) notice board (c) stairs (d) classroom door
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a spoon by the fruit cart, a mirror by the post box, a jug by the park gate, an apple by the swing, a parrot by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) spoon (b) parrot (c) mirror (d) jug
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a mirror by the fruit cart, a ball by the bench, an urn by the swing, a banana by the slide, a pillow by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) ball (b) banana (c) mirror (d) urn
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a duck by the shoe rack, a frog by the TV, a goat by the kitchen, an apple by the dining table, a coconut by the sofa. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) duck (b) apple (c) frog (d) coconut
- 35.🏰 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
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a ball by the sofa, a kettle by the TV, a pencil by the gate, a glass by the shoe rack, an orange by the door. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) orange (b) kettle (c) glass (d) ball
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an umpire by the blackboard, a bucket by the teacher’s desk, a coconut by the stairs, a kite by the classroom door, an anchor by the library. Where did you place the kite? (a) stairs (b) classroom door (c) library (d) teacher’s desk
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an owl by the fruit cart, a spoon by the bus stop, a kettle by the post box, an ice cream by the banyan tree, a watch by the park gate. Where did you place the ice cream? (a) bus stop (b) post box (c) fruit cart (d) banyan tree
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a mango by the classroom door, a tent by the stairs, a jeep by the blackboard, a tiger by the notice board, an apple by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the tiger? (a) stairs (b) teacher’s desk (c) notice board (d) classroom door
- 40.🏰 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
Answer key
- tiger
- add more stops
- the method of loci
- classroom door
- sofa
- step 1
- step 2
- tent
- yes, with new pictures
- fruit cart
- choose a place you know
- fix stops in order
- one you know very well
- dining table
- step 3
- tent
- put pictures at stops
- fix stops in order
- put pictures at stops
- to keep the order
- fix stops in order
- parrot
- step 4
- choose a place you know
- goat
- choose a place you know
- bus stop
- TV
- pillow
- fruit cart
- classroom door
- mirror
- urn
- duck
- choose a place you know
- glass
- classroom door
- banyan tree
- notice board
- choose a place you know
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