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