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