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. What's the biggest animal in the world? | The blue whale | 2. How many times has Andy Murray won Wimbledon playing singles? | Twice | 3. Which country is brie cheese originally from? | France | 4. In what franchise would you find the character Katniss Everdeen? | The Hunger games | 5. What year was Heinz established? | 1869 | 6. What is the capital of Iceland? | Reykjavík | 7. Who came second in the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2019? | Netherlands | 8. What does IPA stand for? | Indian Pale Ale | 9. Who painted the Mona Lisa? | Leonardo Da Vinci | 10. Which planet is closest to the sun? | Mercury | 11. What is Queen Elizabeth II's surname? | Windsor | 12. What is the largest country in the world? | Russia | 13. How many valves does the heart have? | Four | 14. In Harry Potter, what is the name of The Weasley's house? | The Burrow | 15. Who has been the First Minister of Wales since December 2018? | Mark Drakeford | 16. What nut is in the middle of a Ferrero Rocher? | Hazlenut | 17. What's a baby rabbit called? | A kit | 18. How many minutes in a game of rugby league? | 80 | 19. Typically, what's the strongest muscle in the human body? | masseter main jaw | 20. Name one landlocked country in Europe | Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Vatican City. | 21. What fruit takes the scientific name Mangifera indica? | mango | 22. What does He stand for on the periodic table? | helium | 23. To a single decimal point, many kilometers in a mile? | 1.6 | 24. For two points, if all of the states of America were placed in alphabetical order, what would be first and last? | First: Alabama. Last: Wyoming | 25. Who is the highest spiritual leader of Tibet? | The Dalai Lama | 26. What is the Papaver rhoeas flower better known as? | The Poppy | 27. Which rapper's real name is Dylan Kwabena Mills? | Dizzee Rascall | 28. For one point, which of these actors is Scottish? Jamie Dornan, Michael Sheen, James McAvoy, Christian Bale | James McAvoy |
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