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