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