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 candle by the dining table, an umpire by the shoe rack, an apple by the sofa, a mirror by the door, a fan by the TV. Where did you place the fan? (a) shoe rack (b) sofa (c) dining table (d) TV
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an anchor by the fruit cart, a tiger by the bus stop, a needle by the park gate, a violin by the banyan tree, a vase by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) anchor (b) vase (c) tiger (d) violin
- 3.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 4.🏰 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
- 5.🏰 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
- 6.🏰 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
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an onion by the park gate, a guava by the swing, a nest by the banyan tree, a mango by the fruit cart, an urn by the slide. Where did you place the mango? (a) slide (b) park gate (c) swing (d) fruit cart
- 8.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a duck by the fruit cart, a mango by the post box, an anchor by the park gate, a tomato by the banyan tree, a cat by the bus stop. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) anchor (b) duck (c) cat (d) tomato
- 10.🏰 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
- 11.🏰 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
- 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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a sock by the TV, a whistle by the dining table, a glass by the door, a radio by the sofa, a net by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) whistle (b) net (c) sock (d) radio
- 14.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 15.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the pomodoro (c) the method of loci (d) the rhyme method
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a van by the kitchen, an igloo by the dining table, a glass by the bed, a lemon by the TV, a jalebi by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) igloo (b) jalebi (c) van (d) lemon
- 17.🏰 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
- 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a ladder by the blackboard, a tent by the teacher’s desk, a drum by the library, a tomato by the classroom door, a net by the playground. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) drum (b) tomato (c) tent (d) ladder
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a spoon by the post box, a glass by the fruit cart, an igloo by the bus stop, an onion by the park gate, a candle by the banyan tree. Where did you place the onion? (a) fruit cart (b) banyan tree (c) post box (d) park gate
- 20.🏰 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 pillow by the post box, a mango by the swing, a jug by the fruit cart, a rose by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) mango (b) jug (c) rose (d) jalebi
- 21.🏰 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
- 22.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 23.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) it looks nice (c) to keep the order (d) no reason
- 24.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) use no route (c) add more stops (d) skip 5 items
- 25.🏰 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
- 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an urn by the sofa, a wallet by the bed, a lamp by the kitchen, a shoe by the TV, a violin by the dining table. Where did you place the urn? (a) kitchen (b) bed (c) dining table (d) sofa
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a violin by the classroom door, a coconut by the library, a kite by the blackboard, a drum by the teacher’s desk, a needle by the playground. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) violin (b) coconut (c) kite (d) drum
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a candle by the banyan tree, a frog by the park gate, a drum by the slide, a van by the fruit cart, a goat by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) drum (b) frog (c) goat (d) candle
- 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an ice cream by the door, a van by the sofa, a whistle by the TV, a jeep by the shoe rack, a lamp by the gate. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) van (b) lamp (c) jeep (d) whistle
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a frog by the teacher’s desk, a duck by the classroom door, an urn by the school gate, a watch by the notice board, a fan by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) watch (b) urn (c) frog (d) fan
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a ball by the sofa, an inkpot by the shoe rack, a van by the dining table, a rope by the TV, a lemon by the kitchen. Where did you place the inkpot? (a) TV (b) kitchen (c) shoe rack (d) dining table
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an anchor by the shoe rack, an apple by the sofa, a jug by the gate, a sock by the door, a candle by the TV. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) anchor (b) candle (c) sock (d) jug
- 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 walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an anchor by the park gate, an orange by the slide, a guava by the fruit cart, a mango by the swing, an owl by the banyan tree. Where did you place the anchor? (a) slide (b) park gate (c) fruit cart (d) swing
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an igloo by the shoe rack, a pillow by the door, a ball by the sofa, a jug by the TV, a monkey by the dining table. Where did you place the pillow? (a) dining table (b) TV (c) door (d) shoe rack
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a tiger by the blackboard, a fan by the library, a pencil by the teacher’s desk, a monkey by the classroom door, a ladder by the stairs. What did you place by the library? (a) pencil (b) monkey (c) fan (d) ladder
- 37.🏰 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
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a guava by the door, a radio by the sofa, a jalebi by the TV, a bucket by the gate, an inkpot by the shoe rack. Where did you place the jalebi? (a) sofa (b) gate (c) shoe rack (d) TV
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an umpire by the classroom door, a violin by the blackboard, a key by the notice board, a jeep by the stairs, a shoe by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the notice board? (a) umpire (b) key (c) shoe (d) jeep
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an anchor by the dining table, a doll by the kitchen, a kite by the sofa, an urn by the bed, a flute by the TV. What did you place by the TV? (a) kite (b) doll (c) flute (d) anchor
Answer key
- TV
- anchor
- step 1
- fix stops in order
- choose a place you know
- put pictures at stops
- fruit cart
- step 4
- tomato
- fix stops in order
- one you know very well
- choose a place you know
- radio
- step 2
- the method of loci
- lemon
- choose a place you know
- drum
- park gate
- rose
- choose a place you know
- step 3
- to keep the order
- add more stops
- fix stops in order
- sofa
- drum
- goat
- jeep
- urn
- shoe rack
- anchor
- choose a place you know
- park gate
- door
- fan
- put pictures at stops
- TV
- key
- flute
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