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