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