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