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