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