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: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a guava by the TV, a violin by the kitchen, a parrot by the bed, a wallet by the sofa, an ant by the dining table. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) parrot (b) ant (c) violin (d) wallet
- 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a watch by the dining table, a goat by the door, a banana by the TV, a rose by the shoe rack, a candle by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) watch (b) banana (c) goat (d) candle
- 4.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 6.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) the rhyme method (c) the pomodoro (d) chunking
- 7.🏰 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
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a mirror by the sofa, an ant by the door, an urn by the shoe rack, a spoon by the TV, a flute by the dining table. Where did you place the mirror? (a) door (b) dining table (c) sofa (d) TV
- 9.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) add more stops (c) skip 5 items (d) put all at one stop
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a pillow by the stairs, a vase by the classroom door, a tiger by the library, a shoe by the blackboard, a coconut by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) shoe (b) pillow (c) vase (d) coconut
- 11.🏰 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
- 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a kite by the fruit cart, a pencil by the post box, a guava by the bus stop, a parrot by the park gate, a drum by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) pencil (b) guava (c) parrot (d) drum
- 13.🏰 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
- 14.🏰 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
- 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a kettle by the dining table, a whistle by the shoe rack, a cat by the sofa, an inkpot by the TV, a needle by the kitchen. Where did you place the whistle? (a) shoe rack (b) sofa (c) dining table (d) kitchen
- 16.🏰 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
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an anchor by the swing, a watch by the park gate, a frog by the slide, a jeep by the banyan tree, a parrot by the fruit cart. Where did you place the frog? (a) slide (b) banyan tree (c) swing (d) park gate
- 18.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a duck by the dining table, an anchor by the TV, a whistle by the sofa, a candle by the bed, a tent by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) tent (b) whistle (c) duck (d) anchor
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a key by the blackboard, a pillow by the stairs, a sock by the library, an anchor by the classroom door, an umpire by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) key (b) pillow (c) sock (d) umpire
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a spoon by the sofa, a goat by the bed, a candle by the TV, a rope by the dining table, a kite by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) rope (b) spoon (c) goat (d) candle
- 22.🏰 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 swing, a key by the park gate, an owl by the fruit cart, a sock by the banyan tree, an apple by the post box. Where did you place the duck? (a) fruit cart (b) post box (c) swing (d) banyan tree
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an urn by the kitchen, a key by the sofa, an orange by the dining table, a goat by the TV, a shoe by the shoe rack. Where did you place the shoe? (a) TV (b) kitchen (c) dining table (d) shoe rack
- 24.🏰 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
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a pencil by the post box, an urn by the swing, a monkey by the fruit cart, a van by the park gate, a sock by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) van (b) monkey (c) urn (d) pencil
- 26.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to keep the order (b) it looks nice (c) to make it longer (d) no reason
- 27.🏰 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
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a frog by the swing, a monkey by the banyan tree, a jug by the post box, a needle by the park gate, a candle by the fruit cart. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) frog (b) monkey (c) jug (d) needle
- 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a jalebi by the fruit cart, an orange by the park gate, an owl by the banyan tree, a monkey by the post box, an urn by the bus stop. What did you place by the post box? (a) orange (b) monkey (c) jalebi (d) urn
- 30.🏰 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
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a bucket by the kitchen, a tiger by the TV, a key by the dining table, a fan by the shoe rack, a pencil by the sofa. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) pencil (b) key (c) fan (d) bucket
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a tiger by the sofa, an apple by the kitchen, a radio by the dining table, a tent by the TV, a ball by the bed. Where did you place the ball? (a) dining table (b) bed (c) TV (d) sofa
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a kite by the kitchen, an onion by the shoe rack, an ant by the dining table, a rope by the TV, a rose by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) onion (b) ant (c) kite (d) rope
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an ice cream by the playground, a jug by the blackboard, an owl by the teacher’s desk, a frog by the classroom door, a lamp by the library. What did you place by the library? (a) ice cream (b) owl (c) jug (d) lamp
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a rose by the door, a ball by the shoe rack, a doll by the TV, a lamp by the dining table, a guava by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) ball (b) doll (c) guava (d) lamp
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an ant by the shoe rack, a whistle by the sofa, an ice cream by the door, a van by the gate, an urn by the TV. What did you place by the door? (a) whistle (b) urn (c) ant (d) ice cream
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a mango by the sofa, a pencil by the shoe rack, an owl by the TV, a jalebi by the door, a candle by the gate. What did you place by the door? (a) candle (b) owl (c) jalebi (d) mango
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an umbrella by the school gate, a jalebi by the stairs, an owl by the notice board, a cat by the teacher’s desk, a shoe by the classroom door. Where did you place the owl? (a) teacher’s desk (b) classroom door (c) stairs (d) notice board
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a flute by the shoe rack, a mirror by the sofa, a rope by the dining table, a ladder by the door, a fan by the TV. What did you place by the dining table? (a) rope (b) mirror (c) ladder (d) flute
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an owl by the sofa, an anchor by the shoe rack, a lemon by the door, a banana by the TV, a needle by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) banana (b) owl (c) lemon (d) anchor
Answer key
- step 1
- violin
- goat
- step 4
- step 3
- the method of loci
- put pictures at stops
- sofa
- add more stops
- vase
- choose a place you know
- parrot
- one you know very well
- fix stops in order
- shoe rack
- put pictures at stops
- slide
- step 2
- tent
- umpire
- candle
- swing
- shoe rack
- choose a place you know
- urn
- to keep the order
- choose a place you know
- monkey
- monkey
- fix stops in order
- bucket
- bed
- ant
- lamp
- lamp
- ice cream
- jalebi
- notice board
- rope
- anchor
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