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