QR Challenge: Who Did That?

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

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

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

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!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. Who was the Superintendent of Lake Fenton Schools before Ralph Coaster?	Gerry Laskey
2. Who is the author of Tuesday’s with Morrie?	Mitch Albom
3. What boxer races pigeons in a new Animal Planet reality series?	Mike Tyson
4. What baseball pitcher started his career playing for the Boston Red Sox in 1914?	Babe Ruth
5. What is the name of the Brazilian Soccer King who played for the New York Cosmos in 1975?	Pele
6. Who did figure skater Tonya Harding attack at the rink in 1994?	Nancy Kerrigan
7. In 1997 who was the youngest golfer to ever win the Masters at the age of 21?	Tiger Woods
8. What was the name of the horse that won the Triple Crown in 1973 – the first winner in 25 years?	Secretariat
9. What boxer retired in 1981 with a career record of 55 wins and 5 losses?	Muhammad Ali
10. What great hockey player played for Edmund Oilers in the 1980’s?	Wayne Gretzky
11. Who ran the first sub 4:00 mile?	Roger Bannister
12. Who was the principal of West Shore Elementary prior to Sonya Shaunessy?	Denise Rodgers
13. Who was the principal at Lake Fenton High School Prior to Todd Reynolds?	Jerry Kramer
14. What is the full name of Kate Middleton and Prince William’s baby?	George Alexander Louis
15. What politician referred to drawing a line in the sand about the Gulf War?	George H. Bush
16. Who created the comic strip Peanuts?	Charles Schulz
17. Who was the King of Rock and Roll?	Elvis Presley
18. What Mexican-American led migrant workers to better conditions through the United Farm Workers?	Cesar Chavez
19. What TV character coined the phrase, “Bazinga!”?	Sheldon Cooper
20. Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?	Spongebob Squarepants
21. What is the name of the main female character in The Hunger Games?	Katniss Everdeen
22. Who plays James Bond in Die Another Day?	Pierce Brosnan
23. What is the name of the slasher in Psycho?	Norman Bates
24. Who was the 2013 Homecoming King at Lake Fenton HS?	Stephan Wilson
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26. Who was the 2013 Homecoming Queen at Lake Fenton HS?	Kristen Cody
27. Who was the 2013 Homecoming King?	Nick Forbush
28. What is the name of the current vice president of the United States?	Joe Biden
29. Who was the winner of the Heisman Trophy in 2012?	Johnny Manziel
30. Who is the current President of the school board for Lake Fenton Community Schools?	Sandra Dailey
31. Who is the inventor of the light bulb?	Thomas Edison
32. Which star of Grease had a career revival with Pulp Fiction?	John Travolta
33. What boxer got his ear bitten off by Mike Tyson?	Evander Holyfield
34. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981?	John Hinckley
35. Which star of Home Alone was the highest-paid child movie star of the 20th century?	Macaulay Culkin.
36. Who was the first President of the United States?	George Washington
37. Who was the first Vice President of the United States?	John Adams
38. Who assassinated JFK?	Lee Harvey Oswald
39. Who did Mark David Chapman assassinate?	John Lennon
40. Who is the current host of The Tonight Show?	Jay Leno
41. Who will become of the host of The Tonight Show in February 2014?	Jimmy Fallon
42. Who sings the song “Roar”?	Katy Perry
43. Who wrote the “Star Spangled Banner”?	Francis Scott Key
44. What guy is known as “the science guy”?	Bill Nye
45. What famed muscle man took a break from the movies to serve as the Governor of California?	Arnold Schwarzenegger
46. What musical genius taught us to “Beat It” while doing the Moon Walk but found his death when left in the hands of his doctor on June 25, 2009?	Michael Jackson
47. What star running back also known as “The Juice” is still locked up today for murdering his wife?	O.J. Simpson
48. What actor who starred in Dark Victory with Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart became President of the United States?	Ronald Reagan
49. What deceased President was raised and interred in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and played football for the University of Michigan?	Gerald Ford
50. What famed bicycle rider went from 7 wins to 0 wins of the Tour De France after admitting to blood doping?	Lance Armstrong
51. What famous Frenchman walked between the twin towers on a tightrope in 1974?	Philippe Petit
52. Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird?	Harper Lee

 

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