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