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