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