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