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