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. Who is the patron Saint of Wales? Give your answer in Welsh for a bonus mark! | Dewi Sant/Saint David | 2. What are fungi, quattro stagioni and quattro formaggi in English? | Italian pizza toppings-fungi (mushrooms), four seasons and four cheeses. | 3. In the football team Real Madrid, what does Real mean? | Royal | 4. Name the capital of Belgium. | Brussels | 5. Name two of the four official languages of Switzerland. | German, French, Italian and Rumantsch (Romansh). | 6. What is the capital of Norway? | Oslo | 7. Where might someone greet you with the words "Dzién dobry"? | Poland | 8. Which country traditionally gives London a Christmas Tree every year? | Norway | 9. In which country did the croissant originate? | Austria | 10. What is the world's most widely spoken language? | Chinese | 11. Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism is the love of what? | The love of long words. | 12. What does "me encantan los idiomas" mean? | I love languages. | 13. How many European languages are there? | Approximately 200 | 14. If a Frenchman tells you to keep your 'sang-froid' (cold blood), what does he mean? | Stay calm! | 15. What percentage of the world’s population live in a country where English is not the mother tongue? a. 30% b. 60% c. 90% | C | 16. How many languages are spoken in London? a. Just over 100 b. Just over 200 c. Just over 300 | C |
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