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