QR Challenge: 8th Grade Trivia Contest

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. 1. Who took Oliver Twist into his home even though he had been accused of picking his pockets	Mr. Brownlow
2. 2. In which city are the Petronas Towers located?	Kuala Lumpur
3. 3. From which movie did the phrase "You can't handle the truth!" originate?	A Few Good Men
4. 4. The 2008 Summer Olympic Games were held in what city?	Beijing
5. 5. Icthyologists study what?	Fish
6. 6. What Poker hand comprises three of a kind and a pair?	A full house
7. 7. What Emily Bronte novel features Heathcliff?	Wuthering Heights
8. 8. What is the only nation that borders both Pakistan and Bangladesh?	India
9. 9. What pastime does Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski enjoy?	Bowling
10. 10. Which exiled Middle Eastern leader returned home in 2007, only to be assassinated two months later?	Benazir Bhutto
11. 11. Which letter in the Greek alphabet is a circle with a horizontal dash through the center?	Theta
12. 12. How many tiles are there in a standard Scrabble game?	100
13. 13. What American poet wrote: "The fog comes on little cat feet”?	Carl Sandburg
14. 14. What river does the Tower Bridge in London cross?	Thames
15. 15. What image appears on The Saint's business card?	A stick figure with a halo
16. 16. What does legend say started the great Chicago fire of 1871?	A cow
17. 17. What name is given to the unit of electrical resistance?	Ohm
18. 18. What paper doll made her first appearance in McCall's magazine in 1951?	Betsy
19. 19. Whose chest contained the "Treasure Island" map?	Billy Bones'
20. 20. What is the capital of the state of Utah?	Salt Lake City
21. 21. The 2007 movie "There Will Be Blood" is based on which novel by Upton Sinclair?	Oil
22. 22. What does the Russian space station's name "Mir" mean in English?	Peace
23. 23. What name is given to the dark areas on the surface of the Sun?	Sunspots
24. 24. What US auto maker produced a car called the Cirrus?	Chrysler
25. 25. Who was the only son born to Henry Ford that bears his name?	Edsel

 

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