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