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