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