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