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