QR Challenge: Hong Kong Fact Finding Treasure Hunt!

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

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

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

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!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. In the Chinese language, what does Hong Kong literally mean?	Fragrant Harbor
2. What year was Hong Kong handed back to China by the British?	1997
3. What is the name of the company that operates the cross-harbour passenger ferries?	Star Ferry
4. The area previously referred to as "Victoria" is now defined mainly by which district?	Central
5. What language is the dominant spoken tongue in Hong Kong?	Cantonese
6. A new airport was built in 1998. Where was it built?	Chep Lap Kok
7. Where is the Noon Gun situated?	Causeway Bay
8. At the beginning of 2005, what was the tallest building in Hong Kong?	IFC
9. Where is the Hong Kong Jockey Club's headquarters and original race course?	Happy Valley
10. Where is the 'midnight' market situated?	Temple Street
11. Every year in late March (apart from during COVID!), an international sporting festival is held in Hong Kong that involves athletes and visitors from all over the world. What is sport?	Rugby Sevens
12. How about some modern culture? Which station would you get off to reach the Hong Kong Arts Centre?	Wan Chai
13. What does the name 'Kowloon' mean in English?	Nine Dragons
14. What sits outside the entrance of the headquarters building of the Hong Kong And Shanghai Banking Corporation?	Lions
15. How many administrative districts are there in Hong Kong?	18
16. In which famous hotel found on Salisbury Road can you stand at the top floor gentlemen's toilet urinals, whilst looking over Kowloon?	The Peninsula
17. A more upmarket nightlife in Hong Kong can be found in this area, where you can also shop for some Gucci trinkets at the Landmark, or visit the Stock Exchange	Central
18. Where is the Old Clock Tower?	TST
19. There are hundreds of Taoist temples in Hong Kong, some of which are dedicated to a sea deity. Who is this goddess of sailors?	Tin Hau
20. What is the name of Hong Kong's highest mountain?	Tai Mo Shan
21. What colour are the taxis on Lantau?	Blue

 

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