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