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