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