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. The story is narrated by | Nick, in a flashback | 2. At the opening of the story, Nick says that he has become disillusioned by | what happened because of Gatsby’s dreams | 3. What does this quote symbolize: “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . And then one fine morning—So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” | The American Dream | 4. What does this quote say about Nick: “. . . I’m inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores.” | the idea that Nick hypocritically claims not to judge people | 5. A number of sinful things have happened in the valley of ashes. It is as if something or someone sees everything that goes on there through the eyes that are on the billboard that overlooks the valley of ashes. What do the eyes of Dr. TJ Eckleburg symbolize? | They represent the eyes of God | 6. Nick repeatedly explains that Daisy’s most notable feature is: | Her voice | 7. Jay Gatsby drops the name James Gatz because he | Wants a name that has a romantic sound to it. | 8. What is the main reason Owl Eyed Man says the following about the books in Gatsby’s library?: “Absolutely real- have pages and everything. I thought they’d be a nice durable cardboard. Matter of fact, they’re absolutely real.” | He is suspicious of Gatsby and questions the actuality of his wealth. | 9. What does Mr. Wolfshiem tell Nick about Gatsby? | That Gatsby is the kind of man you’d like to take home and introduce to your mother and your sister | 10. Why does Tom insist that Daisy go home with Gatsby? | He is being cocky because he knows he has won the argument | 11. What event does the following quote precede? : “She groped around in a waste-basket she had with her on the bed and pulled out the string of pearls. ‘Take ‘em downstairs and give ‘em back to whoever they belong to. Tell ‘em all Daisy’s change’ her mine. Say: Daisy’s change’ her mine!’” | The day of her wedding. | 12. Nick goes to Gatsby's house and sees him floating dead in the pool; he imagines Gatsby's final thoughts, and pictures him disillusioned by the meaninglessness and emptiness of life without Daisy, without his dream. Based on the idea that Nick has of Gatsby's final thoughts, what can we assume Gatsby's dream was? | To prove he had enough money to impress Daisy | 13. The only character who knows the whole truth about the accident and all of the complex relationships involved is: | Nick | 14. After throwing lavish parties for all of the people in the city, why is it that no one except Nick and few other people attend Gatsby's funeral? | No one truly knew him | 15. "I told her she might be able to fool me but she couldn't fool God. I took her to the window and said... God knows everything you've been doing." - George Wilson. What is the significance of him taking Myrtle to the window when he says God knows everything you've been doing? | To show her the billboard with the eyes of Dr. TJ Eckleberg | 16. Similar to how he describes Jordan earlier in the novel, what word does Nick use to describe Daisy and Tom at the end? | Careless | 17. The specific symbol used in this novel to represent the modernism ideal of empty lives devoid of any ideas or spirituality is: | The Valley of Ashes | 18. Why does Nick return West after Gatsby’s death? | He is disgusted with everyone he knows in the East. | 19. Which best describes the “fifth guest” at the dinner party at the Buchanans? | Tom’s “woman in New York” who arrives unexpectedly | 20. Why is Gatsby’s love for Daisy doomed to fail? | She can never live up to the idea of who Gatsby imagines she is. | 21. The relationship between Nick and Jordan falls apart because: | Nick is disillusioned with rich, careless people | 22. In the early chapters, the green light at the end of the Buchannan’s dock is a symbol for | Daisy’s proximity and distance from Gatsby | 23. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways Gatsby tries to impress Daisy: A. Hosts enormous parties B. Wears a gold shirt and expensive tie C. Shows her his shirts sent in from London D. Gives her an expensive necklace | Gives her an expensive necklace | 24. By the end of the novel, we know that Gatsby has made his money as a bootlegger during Prohibition. What does this tell us about his pursuit of the American Dream? | Gatsby is willing to break the law to make enough money to try and win Daisy back. | 25. How is the true story of Gatsby's life revealed? | A reporter comes to Gatsby's home and interviews him. Thereafter, the rumors about Gatsby's past are compared by the narrator to the true events of Gatsby's life. | 26. Where does Gatsby’s reunion with Daisy take place? | At Nick’s house | 27. From where does Gatsby recognize Nick? | Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I | 28. Wolfsheim’s cufflinks are made of | human teeth | 29. Nick boasts of being tolerant and | honest | 30. Why does Tom Buchanan investigates Gatsby’s business dealings | to destroy Gatsby as a rival for Daisy’s attention | 31. Daisy is from | Louisville | 32. Who is Jordan Baker | a childhood friend of Daisy’s | 33. Gatsby’s real name is | James Gatz | 34. Myrtle was initially attracted to Tom because | he dressed expensively | 35. What well-known college did both Nick and Tom attend? | Yale | 36. Gatsby is trying much too hard to impress Nick. What university does he claim to have attended? | Oxford | 37. Meyer Wolfsheim, one of Gatsby’s questionable business associates, is credited with being the brainchild of one of the biggest sports scandals of the early 1900s. What sporting event does Gatsby say Wolfsheim “fixed?” | The 1919 baseball World’s Series | 38. Gatsby is so nervous to finally be next to Daisy again that he accidentally knocks an item off of Nick’s fireplace mantle. Luckily, he catches the item before it breaks. What is the item? | An old clock | 39. What physical item in Gatsby’s mansion causes Daisy to weep? | His dazzling collection of tailored shirts | 40. We find out in this chapter that Gatsby’s mentor was a self-made millionaire named Dan Cody. How did Dan Cody make his fortune? | He was successful at mining for precious metals. | 41. To annoy Tom, Gatsby repeatedly introduces him as this thing at the party. How is Tom introduced? | As “the polo player.” | 42. Fill in the blank: According to Gatsby, Daisy’s voice is full of | Money | 43. While Tom, Daisy, Gatsby, Nick, and Jordan awkwardly hang out in the Manhattan hotel room, what’s happening downstairs in the hotel? | A Wedding | 44. On the day Myrtle is killed, how old has Nick just turned? | 30 | 45. What physical item wrapped in paper does George Wilson discover in his apartment that makes him realize his wife, Myrtle, was not faithful to him? | A dog leash | 46. Where is Gatsby when he’s shot and killed by George Wilson? | In his swimming pool | 47. Nick asks Klipspringer, Gatsby’s former long-term house guest, if he will attend the funeral. Klipspringer brushes off Nick’s request. He’s far more interested in retrieving this item from Gatsby’s home. What item does Klipspringer ask Nick to send to him? | His tennis shoes | 48. Only one party attendee from the summer season bothers to come to Gatsby’s funeral. What party-goer is Nick surprised (and grateful) to see arrive at the cemetery? | Owl Eyes | 49. Tom says that he’s been hurt, too, in this whole mess. In fact, he says he “cried like a baby” when he saw this item in the New York apartment he used as his love nest with Myrtle. What item made him cry? | A box of dog biscuits/treats | 50. Mr. Chester McKee lives in the apartment upstairs from the one kept by Tom in the city. What is Mr. McKee’s profession? | A Photographer |
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Question 1 (of 50)
At the opening of the story, Nick says that he has become disillusioned by&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 50)
What does this quote symbolize: “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . And then one fine morning—So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 50)
What does this quote say about Nick: “. . . I’m inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores.”&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 50)
A number of sinful things have happened in the valley of ashes. It is as if something or someone sees everything that goes on there through the eyes that are on the billboard that overlooks the valley of ashes. What do the eyes of Dr. TJ Eckleburg symbolize?&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 50)
Nick repeatedly explains that Daisy’s most notable feature is:&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 50)
Jay Gatsby drops the name James Gatz because he&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 50)
What is the main reason Owl Eyed Man says the following about the books in Gatsby’s library?: “Absolutely real- have pages and everything. I thought they’d be a nice durable cardboard. Matter of fact, they’re absolutely real.”&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 50)
What does Mr. Wolfshiem tell Nick about Gatsby?&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 50)
Why does Tom insist that Daisy go home with Gatsby?&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 50)
What event does the following quote precede? : “She groped around in a waste-basket she had with her on the bed and pulled out the string of pearls. ‘Take ‘em downstairs and give ‘em back to whoever they belong to. Tell ‘em all Daisy’s change’ her mine. Say: Daisy’s change’ her mine!’”&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 50)
Nick goes to Gatsby's house and sees him floating dead in the pool; he imagines Gatsby's final thoughts, and pictures him disillusioned by the meaninglessness and emptiness of life without Daisy, without his dream. Based on the idea that Nick has of Gatsby's final thoughts, what can we assume Gatsby's dream was?&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 50)
The only character who knows the whole truth about the accident and all of the complex relationships involved is:&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 50)
After throwing lavish parties for all of the people in the city, why is it that no one except Nick and few other people attend Gatsby's funeral?&choe=UTF-8
Question 14 (of 50)
"I told her she might be able to fool me but she couldn't fool God. I took her to the window and said... God knows everything you've been doing." - George Wilson. What is the significance of him taking Myrtle to the window when he says God knows everything you've been doing?&choe=UTF-8
Question 15 (of 50)
Similar to how he describes Jordan earlier in the novel, what word does Nick use to describe Daisy and Tom at the end?&choe=UTF-8
Question 16 (of 50)
The specific symbol used in this novel to represent the modernism ideal of empty lives devoid of any ideas or spirituality is:&choe=UTF-8
Question 17 (of 50)
Why does Nick return West after Gatsby’s death?&choe=UTF-8
Question 18 (of 50)
Which best describes the “fifth guest” at the dinner party at the Buchanans?&choe=UTF-8
Question 19 (of 50)
Why is Gatsby’s love for Daisy doomed to fail?&choe=UTF-8
Question 20 (of 50)
The relationship between Nick and Jordan falls apart because:&choe=UTF-8
Question 21 (of 50)
In the early chapters, the green light at the end of the Buchannan’s dock is a symbol for&choe=UTF-8
Question 22 (of 50)
Which of the following is NOT one of the ways Gatsby tries to impress Daisy: A. Hosts enormous parties B. Wears a gold shirt and expensive tie C. Shows her his shirts sent in from London D. Gives her an expensive necklace&choe=UTF-8
Question 23 (of 50)
By the end of the novel, we know that Gatsby has made his money as a bootlegger during Prohibition. What does this tell us about his pursuit of the American Dream?&choe=UTF-8
Question 24 (of 50)
How is the true story of Gatsby's life revealed?&choe=UTF-8
Question 25 (of 50)
Where does Gatsby’s reunion with Daisy take place?&choe=UTF-8
Question 26 (of 50)
From where does Gatsby recognize Nick?&choe=UTF-8
Question 27 (of 50)
Wolfsheim’s cufflinks are made of&choe=UTF-8
Question 28 (of 50)
Nick boasts of being tolerant and&choe=UTF-8
Question 29 (of 50)
Why does Tom Buchanan investigates Gatsby’s business dealings&choe=UTF-8
Question 30 (of 50)
Daisy is from&choe=UTF-8
Question 31 (of 50)
Who is Jordan Baker&choe=UTF-8
Question 32 (of 50)
Gatsby’s real name is&choe=UTF-8
Question 33 (of 50)
Myrtle was initially attracted to Tom because&choe=UTF-8
Question 34 (of 50)
What well-known college did both Nick and Tom attend?&choe=UTF-8
Question 35 (of 50)
Gatsby is trying much too hard to impress Nick. What university does he claim to have attended?&choe=UTF-8
Question 36 (of 50)
Meyer Wolfsheim, one of Gatsby’s questionable business associates, is credited with being the brainchild of one of the biggest sports scandals of the early 1900s. What sporting event does Gatsby say Wolfsheim “fixed?”&choe=UTF-8
Question 37 (of 50)
Gatsby is so nervous to finally be next to Daisy again that he accidentally knocks an item off of Nick’s fireplace mantle. Luckily, he catches the item before it breaks. What is the item?&choe=UTF-8
Question 38 (of 50)
What physical item in Gatsby’s mansion causes Daisy to weep?&choe=UTF-8
Question 39 (of 50)
We find out in this chapter that Gatsby’s mentor was a self-made millionaire named Dan Cody. How did Dan Cody make his fortune?&choe=UTF-8
Question 40 (of 50)
To annoy Tom, Gatsby repeatedly introduces him as this thing at the party. How is Tom introduced?&choe=UTF-8
Question 41 (of 50)
Fill in the blank: According to Gatsby, Daisy’s voice is full of&choe=UTF-8
Question 42 (of 50)
While Tom, Daisy, Gatsby, Nick, and Jordan awkwardly hang out in the Manhattan hotel room, what’s happening downstairs in the hotel?&choe=UTF-8
Question 43 (of 50)
On the day Myrtle is killed, how old has Nick just turned?&choe=UTF-8
Question 44 (of 50)
What physical item wrapped in paper does George Wilson discover in his apartment that makes him realize his wife, Myrtle, was not faithful to him?&choe=UTF-8
Question 45 (of 50)
Where is Gatsby when he’s shot and killed by George Wilson?&choe=UTF-8
Question 46 (of 50)
Nick asks Klipspringer, Gatsby’s former long-term house guest, if he will attend the funeral. Klipspringer brushes off Nick’s request. He’s far more interested in retrieving this item from Gatsby’s home. What item does Klipspringer ask Nick to send to him?&choe=UTF-8
Question 47 (of 50)
Only one party attendee from the summer season bothers to come to Gatsby’s funeral. What party-goer is Nick surprised (and grateful) to see arrive at the cemetery?&choe=UTF-8
Question 48 (of 50)
Tom says that he’s been hurt, too, in this whole mess. In fact, he says he “cried like a baby” when he saw this item in the New York apartment he used as his love nest with Myrtle. What item made him cry?&choe=UTF-8
Question 49 (of 50)
Mr. Chester McKee lives in the apartment upstairs from the one kept by Tom in the city. What is Mr. McKee’s profession?&choe=UTF-8
Question 50 (of 50)
