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