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 walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a ball by the park gate, an apple by the slide, a shoe by the swing, an onion by the bench, a drum by the fruit cart. Where did you place the onion? (a) swing (b) park gate (c) bench (d) fruit cart
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an onion by the TV, a parrot by the dining table, a banana by the door, an ant by the sofa, an igloo by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) igloo (b) banana (c) parrot (d) ant
- 3.🏰 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
- 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.🏰 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
- 6.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an inkpot by the playground, a van by the library, an owl by the classroom door, a duck by the teacher’s desk, a tiger by the blackboard. What did you place by the playground? (a) inkpot (b) duck (c) van (d) tiger
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a rope by the shoe rack, a mango by the sofa, a bucket by the TV, a drum by the door, a banana by the gate. Where did you place the banana? (a) shoe rack (b) door (c) gate (d) sofa
- 9.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a key by the door, a radio by the sofa, a bucket by the TV, a sock by the shoe rack, a vase by the gate. What did you place by the gate? (a) radio (b) vase (c) sock (d) bucket
- 11.🏰 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
- 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a glass by the door, an onion by the sofa, a spoon by the dining table, an umpire by the TV, a monkey by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) monkey (b) glass (c) onion (d) umpire
- 13.🏰 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
- 14.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a banana by the notice board, a jalebi by the teacher’s desk, a whistle by the blackboard, a key by the stairs, an inkpot by the classroom door. Where did you place the jalebi? (a) stairs (b) teacher’s desk (c) blackboard (d) notice board
- 17.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) no reason (c) to keep the order (d) it looks nice
- 18.🏰 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
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a drum by the park gate, a kettle by the fruit cart, a jeep by the swing, a monkey by the banyan tree, a cat by the slide. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) drum (b) jeep (c) monkey (d) cat
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a flute by the gate, an inkpot by the shoe rack, a mirror by the TV, an igloo by the sofa, a monkey by the door. What did you place by the sofa? (a) flute (b) mirror (c) monkey (d) igloo
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a jalebi by the TV, a flute by the sofa, a wallet by the shoe rack, a van by the dining table, a watch by the door. Where did you place the wallet? (a) sofa (b) TV (c) shoe rack (d) door
- 22.🏰 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
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a nest by the park gate, a rose by the banyan tree, an igloo by the post box, a jeep by the fruit cart, a rope by the bus stop. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) rose (b) igloo (c) rope (d) nest
- 24.🏰 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
- 25.🏰 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
- 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a spoon by the sofa, an inkpot by the shoe rack, a tomato by the door, an anchor by the TV, a pillow by the dining table. Where did you place the inkpot? (a) shoe rack (b) door (c) dining table (d) sofa
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a jalebi by the banyan tree, a ladder by the park gate, a rope by the post box, a bucket by the swing, an umbrella by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) rope (b) bucket (c) jalebi (d) umbrella
- 28.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the method of loci (c) the pomodoro (d) the rhyme method
- 29.🏰 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
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a vase by the blackboard, a needle by the playground, a spoon by the classroom door, a tent by the teacher’s desk, a guava by the library. Where did you place the tent? (a) classroom door (b) library (c) playground (d) teacher’s desk
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an urn by the bed, a wallet by the kitchen, a shoe by the TV, a fan by the dining table, a doll by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) wallet (b) doll (c) shoe (d) urn
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an umpire by the gate, a fan by the door, an ice cream by the TV, a kettle by the sofa, a rose by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) fan (b) kettle (c) rose (d) umpire
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a van by the teacher’s desk, an umpire by the classroom door, a jug by the notice board, a glass by the school gate, a lemon by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) lemon (b) glass (c) umpire (d) van
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a vase by the blackboard, a tent by the library, a frog by the teacher’s desk, a flute by the classroom door, a lemon by the playground. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) frog (b) vase (c) lemon (d) flute
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an ant by the sofa, an owl by the dining table, a pillow by the shoe rack, a spoon by the door, a lamp by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) spoon (b) ant (c) owl (d) pillow
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a bucket by the sofa, a watch by the dining table, a coconut by the door, a jeep by the shoe rack, a key by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) bucket (b) jeep (c) coconut (d) key
- 37.🏰 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
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a jalebi by the notice board, a banana by the stairs, an umpire by the classroom door, a candle by the teacher’s desk, a pillow by the school gate. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) pillow (b) jalebi (c) umpire (d) candle
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an umpire by the fruit cart, a fan by the banyan tree, an apple by the slide, an urn by the swing, an igloo by the park gate. Where did you place the fan? (a) swing (b) slide (c) banyan tree (d) fruit cart
- 40.🏰 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
Answer key
- bench
- banana
- yes, with new pictures
- fix stops in order
- step 4
- step 1
- inkpot
- gate
- step 2
- vase
- put pictures at stops
- umpire
- choose a place you know
- step 3
- fix stops in order
- teacher’s desk
- to keep the order
- one you know very well
- cat
- igloo
- shoe rack
- add more stops
- igloo
- choose a place you know
- put pictures at stops
- shoe rack
- bucket
- the method of loci
- fix stops in order
- teacher’s desk
- wallet
- umpire
- glass
- vase
- ant
- jeep
- fix stops in order
- candle
- banyan tree
- choose a place you know
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