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 largest country in the world? | Russia | 2. How many countries are there in Europe? | 44 | 3. What is the smallest country in the world? | Vatican City | 4. What is the population of India? | 1,371,298,630 | 5. How tall is the highest mountain in the world? | 8,848m | 6. Name the highest waterfalls in the world and the country they are in | Angel Falls 979m | 7. Which country has more lakes than the rest of the world combined? | Canada | 8. The Galapagos islands belong to which South American country? | Equador | 9. Where would you find Basra? | Iraq | 10. Liberia can be found on what continent? | Africa | 11. What 'L' is an enclave in South Africa? | Lesotho | 12. In what country does the Bosphorus run through? | Turkey | 13. In what country does the 'Blue Nile' originate? | Ethiopia | 14. The meeting point between two tributaries is called a? | confluence | 15. Ayers Rock in Australia is also known as what, beginning with U? | Uluru | 16. Along with Haiti, what other country occupies the island of Hispaniola? | Dominican Republic | 17. What is the second highest mountain on Earth, also known as Savage Mountain? | K2 | 18. Porto is a city in what country? | Portugal | 19. What is the desert you would primarily find in Chile? | Atacama | 20. Patagonia is a region in what continent? | South America | 21. Galway is a city in what country? | Republic of Ireland | 22. What is the largest of the North American Great Lakes? | Lake Superior | 23. What is the largest European River? | Volga | 24. Bavaria is a region in what country? | Germany | 25. The Manat is the currency of Azerbaijan, true or false? | True | 26. What is the official language of Andorra? | Catalan | 27. San Marino is an enclave in what country? | Italy | 28. What is the capital city of Qatar? | Doha | 29. In what country would you find the Negev Desert? | Israel | 30. Gaziantep is a city in which country? | Turkey | 31. Ouagadougou is the capital city of which country? | Burkina Faso | 32. What country according to the UN has the least forest area in square kilometres? | Russia | 33. What is the capital city of Kyrgyzstan? | BishkekWhich European country shares its border with the most neighbours? | 34. A sabra is a native of which country? | Israel | 35. What’s the world’s biggest port? | Shanghai | 36. Which river forms part of the boundary between Mexico and the United States? | Rio Grande | 37. Kathmandu is the capital city of which country? | Nepal | 38. In which country would you find the Three Gorges Dam? | China | 39. Which country has the lowest coastline in the world? | Canada | 40. What is the capital city of Hawaii? | Honolulu |
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