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