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