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