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. (1) What is the capital of Belgium? | Brussels | 2. (2) Can you name the French President? | François Hollande | 3. (3) From which European country is Cristiano Ronaldo? | Portugal | 4. (4) Where does Mrs Neighbour come from? | Switzerland | 5. (5) Where does Mrs Skinner come from? | Germany | 6. (6) Where does M Jestin come from? | France | 7. (7) In which town does the WGS German exchange take place? | Emmerich | 8. (8) Which region of France is visited by 2nd Form students of French on the Chateau Trip? | Normandy | 9. (9) Whish language is spoken by Shakira? | Spanish | 10. (10) What, in France, is a TGV? | A high speed train | 11. (11) Which Picasso painting, depicting the bombing of a Spanish town, was mentioned by Sir Harry Kroto during his talk last year? | Guernica | 12. (12) Which German brothers wrote fairy stories, including ‘Sleeping Beauty’, Rumpelstilskin’ and ‘Little Red Riding Hood’? | The Grimm brothers | 13. (13) With which French town is Wisbech twinned? | Arles | 14. (14) What is the capital of Switzerland? | Berne | 15. (15) How would you say ‘hello’ in Hindi? | Namaste | 16. (16) How would you say ‘goodbye’ in Italian? | Arrivederci or Ciao | 17. (17) How would you say ‘thank you’ in Dutch’? | Dank je | 18. (18) Find Mr Tomlins and ask him for the answer to question 18! | Answer | 19. (19) How do you say ‘I love you’ in Spanish? | Te amo | 20. (20) What are the colours of the German flag? | Red, yellow and black | 21. (21) What is the current password for Linguascope? | Holmes | 22. (22) How do you say the year in which WGS was founded – in German? | Dreizehn hundert neunundsiebzig | 23. (23) What food, meaning ‘to cover’, is traditionally associated with Spain? | tapas | 24. (24) What food, meaning ‘melted’, is traditionally associated with Switzerland? | fondue | 25. (25) Which meat is used to make a proper Wiener Schnitzel? | veal | 26. (26) Which team finished as runners up in the 2013 Champions’ League final at Wembley? | Dortmund | 27. (27) Who won the Tour de France in 2013? | Chris Froome | 28. (28) Find Mr Hammond and ask him for the answer to question 28! | Answer | 29. (29) What do ‘Prost’, ‘santé’ and ‘salud’ mean? | Cheers | 30. (30) Do you love languages? | Yes |
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