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