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