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