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