QR Challenge: 2014 Christmas Treasure Hunt

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.

---

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!

---

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.

---

Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. Name the original 8 reindeer	Comet, Cupid, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Donner, Blitzen
2. From which country does the poinsettia plant originate	Mexico
3. What is the chemical formula of snow	H2O
4. US President Franklin Pierce introduced what to White House Christmas tradition in 1856	Christmas tree
5. Brandy is made from distilling what	Wine
6. Pine needles are said to be a good source of which vitamin	C
7. What is the birth sign of people born on 25 December	Capricorn
8. Which poem written by Clement Moore was originally titled A Visit from Saint Nicholas	The Night Before Christmas
9. What was Queen's 1984 Christmas single called	Thank God it's Christmas
10. Who is the central businessman character in the film It's a Wonderful Life	George Bailey (played by James Stewart)
11. What Christmas item takes its name from the old French word estincelle, meaning spark	Tinsel
12. In which country is it a tradition to hide all brooms in the house on Christmas Eve	Norway
13. Which US President banned Christmas trees from the White House	Theodore Roosevelt
14. In the song The Twelve Days of Christmas, how many pipers are there	Eleven
15. Who are the three ghosts in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol	Christmas Past, Christmas Present, Christmas Yet to Come
16. Which river did George Washington cross on Christmas night in 1776 in the American Revolutionary War	Delaware
17. How many gifts are given in total in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas	364
18. What is Clark Griswald's middle initial	W
19. What is Uncle Eddie's dog's name	Snot
20. How many Italian twinkle lights does Clark use on the house	25,000
21. What kind of Christmas does Elvis Presley sing about	Blue
22. Which reindeer is Rudolph's Dad	Donner
23. What Christmas Ballet is the most famous of all	Nutcracker
24. What was Scrooge’s first name	Ebenezer
25. In the song “Grandma Got Run over by a Reindeer” what did Grandma go to get	Her medication
26. What is the name of the little girl in most versions of The Nutcracker	Clara
27. What did the traffic cop holler to Frosty	Stop
28. What Saturday Evening Post artist was known for his whimsical pictures of Santa Claus	Norman Rockwell
29. Where did there arise such a clatter	On the lawn
30. What is Frosty’s nose made of	A button
31. In The Christmas Story, what was Ralphie's little brother's name	Randy
32. What did Ralphie's Mom give his Dad for Christmas	Bowling Ball
33. On the Island of Misfit Toys, why was the cowboy a misfit toy	He rode an ostrich
34. The Grinch is as cuddly as what	Cactus

 

---