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