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