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