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: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a fan by the kitchen, a coconut by the sofa, a tent by the TV, an onion by the shoe rack, a jeep by the dining table. Where did you place the coconut? (a) dining table (b) TV (c) shoe rack (d) sofa
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a jeep by the dining table, a parrot by the kitchen, an umpire by the sofa, a tent by the shoe rack, a rope by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) jeep (b) tent (c) umpire (d) parrot
- 3.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 4.🏰 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
- 5.🏰 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
- 6.🏰 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
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a guava by the library, a mango by the stairs, a spoon by the blackboard, a cat by the teacher’s desk, a flute by the classroom door. Where did you place the flute? (a) blackboard (b) classroom door (c) stairs (d) library
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a sock by the swing, a mirror by the banyan tree, a watch by the park gate, a jalebi by the slide, a whistle by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) whistle (b) jalebi (c) mirror (d) sock
- 9.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) it looks nice (c) to make it longer (d) to keep the order
- 10.🏰 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
- 11.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 12.🏰 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
- 13.🏰 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
- 14.🏰 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
- 15.🏰 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
- 16.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a key by the post box, an owl by the bus stop, an inkpot by the park gate, a vase by the banyan tree, a lemon by the fruit cart. What did you place by the bus stop? (a) vase (b) lemon (c) key (d) owl
- 18.🏰 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
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an urn by the swing, a violin by the bench, a needle by the slide, a doll by the park gate, a candle by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) urn (b) candle (c) needle (d) doll
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a tiger by the fruit cart, a duck by the banyan tree, a lamp by the park gate, an apple by the post box, a jug by the swing. Where did you place the duck? (a) banyan tree (b) park gate (c) fruit cart (d) post box
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a duck by the teacher’s desk, a cat by the classroom door, a guava by the stairs, an ant by the school gate, a violin by the notice board. Where did you place the violin? (a) notice board (b) teacher’s desk (c) stairs (d) school gate
- 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a fan by the kitchen, a frog by the sofa, a pillow by the bed, an orange by the TV, a banana by the dining table. Where did you place the fan? (a) kitchen (b) TV (c) bed (d) dining table
- 23.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the method of loci
- 24.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 25.🏰 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
- 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a spoon by the dining table, a doll by the kitchen, a coconut by the TV, a rope by the shoe rack, a nest by the sofa. What did you place by the sofa? (a) doll (b) rope (c) nest (d) coconut
- 27.🏰 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
- 28.🏰 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
- 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a radio by the dining table, a candle by the sofa, a banana by the TV, a lamp by the bed, a key by the kitchen. What did you place by the bed? (a) lamp (b) banana (c) radio (d) key
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a lamp by the fruit cart, a parrot by the post box, an umbrella by the park gate, a bucket by the swing, a tiger by the banyan tree. What did you place by the swing? (a) parrot (b) tiger (c) umbrella (d) bucket
- 31.🏰 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
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an umpire by the stairs, a ball by the blackboard, a cat by the teacher’s desk, an orange by the notice board, a rope by the classroom door. Where did you place the ball? (a) classroom door (b) notice board (c) teacher’s desk (d) blackboard
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an igloo by the classroom door, a nest by the stairs, a tent by the blackboard, a tiger by the notice board, an onion by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) tent (b) igloo (c) nest (d) onion
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a cat by the slide, a fan by the swing, an anchor by the park gate, a tiger by the fruit cart, a vase by the banyan tree. Where did you place the tiger? (a) fruit cart (b) swing (c) park gate (d) banyan tree
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a watch by the bench, an onion by the slide, a rope by the fruit cart, a banana by the park gate, a shoe by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) onion (b) banana (c) rope (d) watch
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a ball by the teacher’s desk, a wallet by the stairs, a ladder by the blackboard, a spoon by the library, a coconut by the classroom door. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) wallet (b) ladder (c) coconut (d) ball
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a vase by the swing, a fan by the slide, a goat by the bench, an apple by the fruit cart, a wallet by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) vase (b) goat (c) apple (d) fan
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an owl by the sofa, a fan by the shoe rack, a guava by the dining table, a kite by the door, a flute by the TV. Where did you place the flute? (a) door (b) sofa (c) TV (d) shoe rack
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a radio by the teacher’s desk, a cat by the stairs, a jug by the blackboard, an umbrella by the notice board, an apple by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) umbrella (b) cat (c) apple (d) radio
- 40.🏰 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 fruit cart, a duck by the post box, a tent by the park gate, a jalebi by the banyan tree, an inkpot by the bus stop. Where did you place the drum? (a) fruit cart (b) post box (c) bus stop (d) park gate
Answer key
- sofa
- umpire
- step 4
- one you know very well
- yes, with new pictures
- fix stops in order
- classroom door
- jalebi
- to keep the order
- choose a place you know
- step 3
- choose a place you know
- fix stops in order
- put pictures at stops
- choose a place you know
- step 1
- owl
- put pictures at stops
- candle
- banyan tree
- notice board
- kitchen
- the method of loci
- step 2
- add more stops
- nest
- fix stops in order
- fix stops in order
- lamp
- bucket
- choose a place you know
- blackboard
- onion
- fruit cart
- banana
- coconut
- goat
- TV
- umbrella
- fruit cart
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