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