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. Halloween is a festive occasion celebrated in many countries each year. | 1 | 2. Ireland - Halloween started in Ireland, in an ancient Celtic festival called Samhain, a time when people gathered supplies and prepared for winter. On October 31, the dead are believed to return to earth, causing havoc and damaging crops. Bobbing for apples was a very popular Halloween game in Ireland. To play, people grab apples floating in a basin of water using only their mouths! | 2 | 3. China - In China, they place food and water before the photographs of dead relatives during the Teng Chieh Festival. They make bonfires and light lanterns to guide the spirits on their path back to earth. | 3 | 4. Italy – Italians bake cakes in the shape of beans called Fave dei Morte or Beans of the Dead during Il Giuorni dei Morti or All Souls’ Day. The beans are traditionally eaten during the day when graves are decorated with flowers and masses are held for the souls of the departed. | 4 | 5. Hong Kong – In Hong Kong families celebrate Yue Lan or the Ghost Festival, a traditional festival observed by the Chinese around the world. Activities include offering prayers to deceased relatives and the burning of pictures of fruit or paper money, which is believed to enable deceased family members to have all they will need in the afterlife. | 5 | 6. Mexico – Mexico and many Latin American countries celebrate the Day of the Dead or El Día de Los Muertos . It is a three day celebration that begins on the evening of October 31st. One of the most popular figures associated with this holiday is La Caravera Catrina (a decorated woman’s skull that can also be made into a doll), the image that symbolizes the upper class Mexican woman. | 6 | 7. El Dia De los Muertos - Like in the Philippines, Mexicans pay respects to their dead by building altars and visiting their graves. The graves are decorated by flowers, wreaths or paper streamers. They believe the souls visit them and hear their prayers. Candles and incense are burned to help the departed find their way home. | 7 | 8. United States – In the United States, Halloween is one of the most popular and commercially driven holidays. People wear themed costumes and knocking on neighbors doors for treats. Therefore, stores sell many dress-up clothes, Halloween decorations and candy for this holiday. Guests are welcomed by jack-o’-lanterns, or lighted pumpkins, displayed in homes. | 8 | 9. Japan – Japan does not celebrate a western-style Halloween. However, an occasion similar to Halloween is a Buddhist ceremony called O-Bon festival which is celebrated in July or August. Candles are lit, placed into lanterns, and set afloat onto rivers or seas to pay respect to ancestors. | 9 | 10. Philippines – Undas is a two day period observed yearly on November 1, All Saints Day, and November 2, All Souls’ Day. Family members visit the graves of their deceased relatives to light up candles and offer prayers and flowers. They also give alms (donations) to the poor. | 10 | 11. Korea – There is a festival similar to Halloween known as Chusok. During Chusok, families thank their ancestors for the fruits of their labor. The family pays respect to their ancestors by visiting their tombs and making offerings of rice and fruits. The Chusok festival takes place in August. | 11 | 12. Belgium – As in other countries, the custom in Belgium is to light candles on Halloween night in memory of dead relatives. They also believe it is unlucky for a black cat to cross your path or enter your home. | 12 | 13. Trick or Treating – In the United States, children go from house to house carrying bags and say “Trick or Treat!”, which means they are asking for candy, a “treat." | 13 | 14. Costumes – Traditionally, on Halloween children dressed up as witches, ghosts, zombies or other scary characters. However, today they choose many characters such as superheroes, princesses, and celebrities. | 14 | 15. 15. Jack-o’-lanterns – a Jack o’ Lantern is a hollowed-out pumpkin with a candle placed inside. People place them in front of their doors to serve as a scary lamp. | 15 |
Halloween is a festive occasion celebrated in many countries each year.&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 15)
Ireland - Halloween started in Ireland, in an ancient Celtic festival called Samhain, a time when people gathered supplies and prepared for winter. On October 31, the dead are believed to return to earth, causing havoc and damaging crops. Bobbing for apples was a very popular Halloween game in Ireland. To play, people grab apples floating in a basin of water using only their mouths!&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 15)
China - In China, they place food and water before the photographs of dead relatives during the Teng Chieh Festival. They make bonfires and light lanterns to guide the spirits on their path back to earth.&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 15)
Italy – Italians bake cakes in the shape of beans called Fave dei Morte or Beans of the Dead during Il Giuorni dei Morti or All Souls’ Day. The beans are traditionally eaten during the day when graves are decorated with flowers and masses are held for the souls of the departed.&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 15)
Hong Kong – In Hong Kong families celebrate Yue Lan or the Ghost Festival, a traditional festival observed by the Chinese around the world. Activities include offering prayers to deceased relatives and the burning of pictures of fruit or paper money, which is believed to enable deceased family members to have all they will need in the afterlife.&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 15)
Mexico – Mexico and many Latin American countries celebrate the Day of the Dead or El Día de Los Muertos . It is a three day celebration that begins on the evening of October 31st. One of the most popular figures associated with this holiday is La Caravera Catrina (a decorated woman’s skull that can also be made into a doll), the image that symbolizes the upper class Mexican woman.&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 15)
El Dia De los Muertos - Like in the Philippines, Mexicans pay respects to their dead by building altars and visiting their graves. The graves are decorated by flowers, wreaths or paper streamers. They believe the souls visit them and hear their prayers. Candles and incense are burned to help the departed find their way home.&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 15)
United States – In the United States, Halloween is one of the most popular and commercially driven holidays. People wear themed costumes and knocking on neighbors doors for treats. Therefore, stores sell many dress-up clothes, Halloween decorations and candy for this holiday. Guests are welcomed by jack-o’-lanterns, or lighted pumpkins, displayed in homes.&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 15)
Japan – Japan does not celebrate a western-style Halloween. However, an occasion similar to Halloween is a Buddhist ceremony called O-Bon festival which is celebrated in July or August. Candles are lit, placed into lanterns, and set afloat onto rivers or seas to pay respect to ancestors.&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 15)
Philippines – Undas is a two day period observed yearly on November 1, All Saints Day, and November 2, All Souls’ Day. Family members visit the graves of their deceased relatives to light up candles and offer prayers and flowers. They also give alms (donations) to the poor.&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 15)
Korea – There is a festival similar to Halloween known as Chusok. During Chusok, families thank their ancestors for the fruits of their labor. The family pays respect to their ancestors by visiting their tombs and making offerings of rice and fruits. The Chusok festival takes place in August.&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 15)
Belgium – As in other countries, the custom in Belgium is to light candles on Halloween night in memory of dead relatives. They also believe it is unlucky for a black cat to cross your path or enter your home.&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 15)
Trick or Treating – In the United States, children go from house to house carrying bags and say “Trick or Treat!”, which means they are asking for candy, a “treat."&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 15)
Costumes – Traditionally, on Halloween children dressed up as witches, ghosts, zombies or other scary characters. However, today they choose many characters such as superheroes, princesses, and celebrities.&choe=UTF-8
Question 14 (of 15)
15. Jack-o’-lanterns – a Jack o’ Lantern is a hollowed-out pumpkin with a candle placed inside. People place them in front of their doors to serve as a scary lamp.&choe=UTF-8
Question 15 (of 15)
