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