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 is the name of the oldest Von Trapp girl? | Liesl | 2. How many Von Trapp Children are there? | 7 | 3. Maria was hired to become a 'governess' for the Von Trapp Children, but what was she going to be before that? | Nun | 4. Finish these lyrics 'The hills are alive with…… | the sound of music | 5. What is the name of the children's uncle? | Max | 6. What animal are the puppets in the children and Maria's puppet show? | Goats | 7. How old is Gretl, the youngest of the Von Trapp Children? | 5 | 8. When Maria is on her way to the Von Trapp house singing 'I have Confidence' and when she first meets the Von Trapp family she has 3 items; her hat, her bag and what else? | Guitar | 9. Where do the family hide from the nazi's toward the end of the movie? | Behind the grave stones | 10. How do they eventually escape Austria in the movie? | Walking over the Mountains | 11. What is the name of Austria's national flower that Captain Von Trapp sings a song about? | Edelwiess | 12. Who plays the character 'Maria'? | Julie Andrews | 13. Which city is a large part of the original movie 'The Sound of Music' filmed in? | Saltzburg | 14. Is'The Sound of Music' is based on a true story? | True | 15. Fill in the blank of these lyrics from the song 'How Do you Solve a Problem Like Maria': 'She's always late for everything except for every …' | Meal | 16. What were the children's play clothes made from? | Curtains | 17. What is Captain Von Trapp's first name? | Georg | 18. Who played 'Brigitta Von Trapp' in the 1965 movie 'The Sound of Music' | Angela Cartright | 19. What is the name of the 1965 'The Sound of Music' movie director? | Robert Wise | 20. What year was the sound of music first released? | 1965 | 21. The sound of music has won 5 academy awards in 1966, name 2 of them | Best Picture Best Director, Best film editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best original music score | 22. How many Golden Globes has Sound of music won? | Two: Best motion Picture, Best Actress | 23. What are the names of the famous mountains in Austria? | The Alps | 24. What is the capital city of Austria? | Vienna | 25. What is the official language of Austria? | German | 26. In what years was Austria part of Germany? | 1938-1945 | 27. Which famous Actor was born in Austria? | Arnold Schwarzenegger | 28. Austria is a landlocked country, which shares borders with how many other landlocked countries? | Germany, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia, Italy, Hungary, Switzerland and Liechtenstein (8) | 29. What is the name of Austria’s Longest River | Danube | 30. What is Austria's highest mountain? | Gross Glockner | 31. What are the two main colours on the Austrian flag? | Red and White | 32. Before the euro, what was Austria's traditional unit of currency? | Schilling | 33. What was invented in 1818 by Josef Madersperger | Sewing machine | 34. Austria has given the world many famous classical music composers, Name 3 of them | Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Liszt, J. Strauss, Mahler, and Bruckner | 35. What is the current population of Austria? | 8.4 million |
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