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