QR Challenge: CLASSICS CLUB
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. What is the exact founding date of Rome? | April 21 753BC
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2. To do well in today's certamen, it would be great to have what Roman goddess of wisdom on your side? | Minerva
| 3. What is the Greek name of Minerva? | Athena
| 4. What bird was sacred to Minerva? | Owl
| 5. What king gave his name to Rome? | Romulus
| 6. Who was the brother of Romulus? | Remus
| 7. On what hill was Rome built? | Palatine
| 8. What case shows possession? | genitive
| 9. What river runs through Rome? | Tiber
| 10. What mountain range runs though Italy? | Appennines
| 11. Where did the Romans watch gladiator fights? | Colosseum
| 12. Where were chariot races held? | Circus Maximus
| 13. What was the center of civic activity? | Forum
| 14. What Roman Olympian gods were fraternal twins? | Apollo and Diana
| 15. What were Diana and Apollo's Greek names? | Apollo and Artemis
| 16. What was the official garment worn by Roman men? | Toga
| 17. What less formal garment did men also wear? | Tunic
| 18. What was the name of a woman's dress? | stola
| 19. What island is at the tip of Italy's boot? | Sicily
| 20. What volcano can be found on Sicily? | Mt. Etna
| 21. What volcano erupted in 79 AD? | Mt. Vesuvius
| 22. Give the Latin antonyms for "good and bad." | bonus, malus
| 23. What sea did the Romans call "Mare Nostrum?" | Mediterranean |
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-is-the-exact-founding-date-of-Rome?
Question 1 (of 23)
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=To-do-well-in-today's-certamen,-it-would-be-great-to-have-what-Roman-goddess-of-wisdom-on-your-side?
Question 2 (of 23)
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-is-the-Greek-name-of-Minerva?
Question 3 (of 23)
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-bird-was-sacred-to-Minerva?
Question 4 (of 23)
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-king-gave-his-name-to-Rome?
Question 5 (of 23)
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who-was-the-brother-of-Romulus?
Question 6 (of 23)
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=On-what-hill-was-Rome-built?
Question 7 (of 23)
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-case-shows-possession?
Question 8 (of 23)
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-river-runs-through-Rome?
Question 9 (of 23)
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-mountain-range-runs-though-Italy?
Question 10 (of 23)
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where-did-the-Romans-watch-gladiator-fights?
Question 11 (of 23)
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where-were-chariot-races-held?
Question 12 (of 23)
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-was-the-center-of-civic-activity?
Question 13 (of 23)
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-Roman-Olympian-gods-were-fraternal-twins?
Question 14 (of 23)
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-were-Diana-and-Apollo's-Greek-names?
Question 15 (of 23)
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-was-the-official-garment-worn-by-Roman-men?
Question 16 (of 23)
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-less-formal-garment-did-men-also-wear?
Question 17 (of 23)
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-was-the-name-of-a-woman's-dress?
Question 18 (of 23)
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-island-is-at-the-tip-of-Italy's-boot?
Question 19 (of 23)
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-volcano-can-be-found-on-Sicily?
Question 20 (of 23)
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-volcano-erupted-in-79-AD?
Question 21 (of 23)
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Give-the-Latin-antonyms-for-"good-and-bad."
Question 22 (of 23)
CLASSICS CLUB: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-sea-did-the-Romans-call-"Mare-Nostrum?"
Question 23 (of 23)