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