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. Eli Schulman was born in January of 1910. He grew up on Chicago's West Side, in the Greater Lawndale area. | West | 2. On May 18th, 1942 Eli joined the US Army Air Corp.Eli Schulman had opened Eli’s Ogden Huddle in 1940 and was called upon to use his foodservice experience to operate a series of PX’s for Army Air Corp in Texas, Colorado and Utah rising to the rank of Staff Sergeant.Being a member of the Army Air Corp, Eli on the right was a part of the team providing support for the B-17 and B-24 Bombers that has such an important role in bringing World War II to an end. | 1942 | 3. Eli was always a giving man. His charitable ways began in earnest on Pearl Harbor Day, when he put a pair of signs in his window: "25 percent discount for men in uniform" and "If you are hungry and don`t have any money, come in and we'll feed you free." | a free meal | 4. For two years, from 1966 to 1968, when a fire closed Eli’s Stage Delicatessen, our founder, Eli Schulman, operated both Eli’s the Place for steak and Eli’s Stage Delicatessen. Cambridge Coffee was a leading supplier of coffee to restaurants and was owned by Leon and Joe Katz. The Cambridge Coffee facility was on Halsted at the Bridge to Goose Island across from the Montgomery Ward Warehouse. An ad for Cambridge Coffee told Eli’s Story, which was run during that two year period. | Cambridge | 5. Over the years, Eli had made many famous friends. Frank Sinatra had become so close with Eli that he gifted Eli a beautiful Cartier watch, to signify the great times they had spent together. | Frank Sinatra | 6. Located in historic Streeterville, dining at Eli’s was a true Taste of Chicago in every sense of the word. Catch a glimpse of Chicago’s Who’s Who while enjoying real Chicago foods like prime steaks and chops, the famous liver Eli, Shrimp de Jonghe, and of course, Chicago’s favorite dessert – Eli’s Cheesecake.Eli’s The Place for Steak closed its doors in 2005, leaving behind 39 years of great food, great memories and (of course) great desserts! | Streeterville | 7. Eli began making his cheesecakes--Original Plain and Chocolate Chip--in the kitchen of his restaurant. When people starting raving about the dessert as much as the food, he knew he had something special. Eli took his Original Plain and Chocolate Chip Cheesecakes to the very first Taste of Chicago in 1980, and the rest is history! | Original plain and chocolate chip | 8. Since debuting at the Taste in 1980, Eli's has made it a tradition of being the number one dessert each year--for 34 years straight! Eli's strives to continue the tradition each year. | 34 |
Eli Schulman was born in January of 1910. He grew up on Chicago's West Side, in the Greater Lawndale area.&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 8)
On May 18th, 1942 Eli joined the US Army Air Corp.Eli Schulman had opened Eli’s Ogden Huddle in 1940 and was called upon to use his foodservice experience to operate a series of PX’s for Army Air Corp in Texas, Colorado and Utah rising to the rank of Staff Sergeant.Being a member of the Army Air Corp, Eli on the right was a part of the team providing support for the B-17 and B-24 Bombers that has such an important role in bringing World War II to an end.&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 8)
Eli was always a giving man. His charitable ways began in earnest on Pearl Harbor Day, when he put a pair of signs in his window: "25 percent discount for men in uniform" and "If you are hungry and don`t have any money, come in and we'll feed you free."&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 8)
For two years, from 1966 to 1968, when a fire closed Eli’s Stage Delicatessen, our founder, Eli Schulman, operated both Eli’s the Place for steak and Eli’s Stage Delicatessen. Cambridge Coffee was a leading supplier of coffee to restaurants and was owned by Leon and Joe Katz. The Cambridge Coffee facility was on Halsted at the Bridge to Goose Island across from the Montgomery Ward Warehouse. An ad for Cambridge Coffee told Eli’s Story, which was run during that two year period.&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 8)
Over the years, Eli had made many famous friends. Frank Sinatra had become so close with Eli that he gifted Eli a beautiful Cartier watch, to signify the great times they had spent together.&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 8)
Located in historic Streeterville, dining at Eli’s was a true Taste of Chicago in every sense of the word. Catch a glimpse of Chicago’s Who’s Who while enjoying real Chicago foods like prime steaks and chops, the famous liver Eli, Shrimp de Jonghe, and of course, Chicago’s favorite dessert – Eli’s Cheesecake.Eli’s The Place for Steak closed its doors in 2005, leaving behind 39 years of great food, great memories and (of course) great desserts!&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 8)
Eli began making his cheesecakes--Original Plain and Chocolate Chip--in the kitchen of his restaurant. When people starting raving about the dessert as much as the food, he knew he had something special. Eli took his Original Plain and Chocolate Chip Cheesecakes to the very first Taste of Chicago in 1980, and the rest is history!&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 8)
Since debuting at the Taste in 1980, Eli's has made it a tradition of being the number one dessert each year--for 34 years straight! Eli's strives to continue the tradition each year.&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 8)
