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