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