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