1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
| 1. What are the terms of Bilbo's contract? | Cash on delivery up to and not more than 1/14th if any, travel expenses guaranteed, funeral expenses covered if necessary | 2. Why does the expedition take shelter in the cave? | sudden violent thunderstorm | 3. Why isn't Gandalf captured? | because Bilbo yelled allowing him to escape | 4. How does Gandalf rescue Bilbo and the dwarves? | Suddenly, the torches lighting the cavern go out and the great fire in the middle of the chamber throws its sparks onto the goblins. In the darkness and confusion, a great sword flashes and strikes down the Great Goblin. Then a voice guides the captives out of the cavern. | 5. How does Gollum guess that Bilbo has his ring? | Bilbo wouldn't tell Gollum the answer to the last riddle, which was "What do I have in my pockets?". Gollum suspects the hobbit of stealing it and runs at him in a rage. Through sheer luck, Bilbo happens to slip on the ring, and Gollum runs right past him. | 6. How do the Goblins know that someone is at the gate? | Shadow | 7. What does Gollum call the ring? What was the "false riddle" that Bilbo used to stump Gollum? | My precious | 8. What is the proverb that Bilbo invents? What do you think it means? | out of the frying pan and into the fire. Going from one bad situation into a worse one | 9. What is the most important advice that Beorn and Gandalf give about Mirkwood? Why? | To not stray off of the trail dangers not even Gandalf | 10. When Bilbo climbs the tree, why doesn't he see an end to the forest? | he’s in a deep valley | 11. What does Bombur dream of? | he is at a great feast |
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Why does the expedition take shelter in the cave? &choe=UTF-8
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Why isn't Gandalf captured? &choe=UTF-8
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How does Gandalf rescue Bilbo and the dwarves? &choe=UTF-8
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How does Gollum guess that Bilbo has his ring? &choe=UTF-8
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How do the Goblins know that someone is at the gate? &choe=UTF-8
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What does Gollum call the ring? What was the "false riddle" that Bilbo used to stump Gollum? &choe=UTF-8
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What is the proverb that Bilbo invents? What do you think it means? &choe=UTF-8
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What is the most important advice that Beorn and Gandalf give about Mirkwood? Why? &choe=UTF-8
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When Bilbo climbs the tree, why doesn't he see an end to the forest? &choe=UTF-8
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What does Bombur dream of? &choe=UTF-8
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