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. Which series of mystery books features a dog called Timmy? | The Famous5 | 2. Which fictional detective lived at 221B Baker Street? | Sherlock Holmes | 3. What is the name of the port of Ancient Rome which features in the first of The Roman Mysteries? | Ostia | 4. What country does Hazel Wong, in the Murder Most Unladylike series, come from? | HongKong | 5. In the Murder Most Unladylike series what is the name of Daisy and Hazel's sleuthing club? | The Detective Society | 6. What is the name of Ruby Redfort's best friend? | Clancy Crew | 7. In which fictional town does Ruby Redfort live? | Twinford | 8. What is the name of the villain who is trying to grab the Beaudalaire's fortune in A Series of Unfortunate Events? | Count Olaf | 9. Who wrote The London Eye Mystery? | Siobhan Dowd | 10. Which famous art gallery features in Ted Spark's second mystery? | The Guggenheim | 11. What famous train journey do Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong take in "First Class Murder"? | The Orient Express | 12. In the Ruby Redfort series of books, what colour is the notebook in which Ruby writes her "Ruby Rules"? | Pink | 13. Which character in Greek mythology is Percy Jackson based on? | Perseus | 14. In the book "Goldfish Boy" who solved the mystery of where Teddy was hidden? | Matthew | 15. What spy agency does Ruby Redfort work for? | Spectrum | 16. In the Young Bond series of books James Bond attends a famous public school, what is it called? | Eton | 17. Which capital city is the setting for Sophie's search for her mother in "Rooftoppers"? | Paris | 18. What is the name of Alex's spy boss in the Alex Rider mystery series? | Alan Blunt | 19. What is the name of the department store where Sophie and Lil work in "The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow", "The Mystery of the Painted Dragon", "The Mystery of the Jewelled Moth" and "The Mystery of the Midnight Peacock"? | Sinclair's | 20. In the story "Beetle Boy" Darkus's dad has mysteriously disappeared, where did he work before he went missing? | The Natural History Museum | 21. Which museum does Lil visit to search for clues in "Secrets of A Sun King"? | The British Museum | 22. Who created the Philosopher's Stone in the first Harry Potter book? | Nicholas Flamel | 23. Who puts slugs, spiders and earwigs under children's pillows in "The Demon Dentist"? | Miss Root | 24. Which famous London landmark does Gangsta Granny break into to steal some jewels? | The Tower of London | 25. Which country has Ahmet, "The Boy at the Back of the Class" come from? | Syria | 26. Who kidnaps Zoe's pet rat Armitage in "Ratburger"? | Burt | 27. Which famous painting do Dylan, Minnie and Daft Tom steal in "Framed"? | Sunflowers | 28. Who is Clarice Bean's favourite fictional detective? | Ruby Redfort | 29. To which Victorian detective double-act do Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong compare themselves? | Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson | 30. Who tricked Perfect Peter into climbing a tree in the middle of the night in "Horrid Henry's Revenge"? | Horrid Henry | 31. What does Professor Quirrell keep under his turban in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"? | Voldemort | 32. Name the two detectives in the TinTin books. | Thompson and Thomson | 33. Who wrote the mystery book "Who Could That Be At This Hour?" | Lemony Snicket | 34. What type of biscuits do the children take to Buckingham Palace in the story "The Boy at the Back of the Class"? | Shortbread biscuits | 35. In the mystery story "Holes", what is special about the surname of the main character Stanley? | It is his first name backwards Yelnats |
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