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