QR Challenge: International Languages Week - General Knowledge Quiz
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.
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!
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.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
| 1. Approximately how many languages are there in our world today? | 6900
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2. Which language is spoken by the greatest number of people? | Mandarin
| 3. How do you say “I love you” in Korean? | Saranghaeyo
| 4. From which language does the word ‘futon’ originate? | Japanese
| 5. What are the two official languages of the Olympic Games? | English, French
| 6. What are the four languages spoken in Switzerland? | French, German, Italian, Romansh
| 7. How many official languages are there in NZ and what are they? | 3, English, Te Reo, Sign
| 8. About how long have languages existed? | 100,000years
| 9. About how many words are there in English? | 250,000
| 10. Which document has been translated in 321 languages? | UN Declaration of Human Rights |
International Languages Week - General Knowledge Quiz : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Approximately-how-many-languages-are-there-in-our-world-today?
Question 1 (of 10)
International Languages Week - General Knowledge Quiz : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which-language-is-spoken-by-the-greatest-number-of-people?
Question 2 (of 10)
International Languages Week - General Knowledge Quiz : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How-do-you-say-“I-love-you”-in-Korean?
Question 3 (of 10)
International Languages Week - General Knowledge Quiz : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=From-which-language-does-the-word-‘futon’-originate?
Question 4 (of 10)
International Languages Week - General Knowledge Quiz : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-are-the-two-official-languages-of-the-Olympic-Games?
Question 5 (of 10)
International Languages Week - General Knowledge Quiz : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-are-the-four-languages-spoken-in-Switzerland?
Question 6 (of 10)
International Languages Week - General Knowledge Quiz : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How-many-official-languages-are-there-in-NZ-and-what-are-they?
Question 7 (of 10)
International Languages Week - General Knowledge Quiz : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=About-how-long-have-languages-existed?
Question 8 (of 10)
International Languages Week - General Knowledge Quiz : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=About-how-many-words-are-there-in-English?
Question 9 (of 10)
International Languages Week - General Knowledge Quiz : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which-document-has-been-translated-in-321-languages?
Question 10 (of 10)
