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