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 comes first: l'école primaire or l'école maternelle? | L'école maternelle | 2. Where would you most likely find Par Avion written? | On an envelope | 3. Where would you find a couchette? | On a train | 4. How many kilometers equal one mile? | 1.6 | 5. What are santons? | Little clay figurines of the nativity scene | 6. What is the Sorbonne? | A university | 7. In which hand do the French hold the fork while eating? | Left | 8. What would you do at Les Galeries Layfayette? | Shop | 9. When is the French Labor Day? | May | 10. What is a Bateau Mouche? | Tourist boat on the Seine | 11. What is Le Concorde? | A very fast commercial airplane | 12. What is the age for getting a driver's license? | 18 | 13. What is a carnet? | A book of ten metro tickets | 14. What is une mairie? | A town hall | 15. When was the first day Euros were used in France? | January 1st, 2002 | 16. What is a French high school called in French? | Un lycée | 17. What does service compris mean? | Tip is included | 18. Who invented the process of pasteurization? | Louis Pasteur | 19. Who is Astérix' dog? | Idéfix | 20. What was the profession of Coco Chanel? | Fashion designer | 21. What was the profession of René Descartes? | Writer, philosopher, Mathematician | 22. What body of water did Louis Bleriot fly over in 1909? | The English Channel | 23. Who was the Maid of Orleans? | Joan of Arc | 24. Who is considered the greatest writer of fables in France? | Jean de la Fontaine | 25. Who wrote Les Pensées? | Blaise Pascal | 26. Who was the husband of Marie Antoinette? | Louis XVI27. | 27. What scientific principle did Antoine Lavoisier a chemist, develop in the 18th century? | The role of oxygen in combustion | 28. Of which king was the Man in the Iron Mask supposedly the twin brother? | Louis XIV | 29. François I was the king during which period of history? | The Renaissance | 30. Who wrote Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea? | Jules Vernes | 31. What is "boules" or "pétanque"? | Lawn bowling | 32. Who wrote le Petit Prince? | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | 33. Who is Guignol? | A famous French puppet35. | 34. What would you do at a patinoire? | Ice skate | 35. What is a chochonnet in the game of boules? | The little ball the player tries to get near. | 36. How long does le Mans last? | 24 hours | 37. What was France called when the Romans invaded? | Gaul | 38. Who was Louis Lumière? | The man who invented moving pictures | 39. What is the nickname of the French flag? | Le tricolore | 40. What is the French national anthem? | La Marseillaise | 41. What unique thing is in a galette des rois? | A bean, or porcelain figure | 42. Where can a person sit all day with only one or two drinks? | At a French café | 43. When was the Métro built in Paris? | 1900 | 44. What was the Bastille? | A prison | 45. Who won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903? | Marie and Pierre Curie | 46. What is Camembert? | Cheese | 47. What was the profession of Jacques Cartier? | Explorer | 48. What did Monet Manet and Renoir have in common? | Impressionistic painters | 49. What was André Le Nôtre's job at Versailles? | Gardener | 50. What was the profession of Edith Piaf? | Singer | 51. During which month are the grapes gathered? | September | 52. What is a potage? | Soup | 53. What is a religieuse? | A pastry | 54. What are fruits de mer? | Seafood | 55. What is ratatouille? | Mixed vegetable dish | 56. When would one eat a goûter? | Snack-after school | 57. What is the third largest crop grown in France? | Grapes (for wine making) | 58. How often do the French buy bread? | Daily | 59. What is a croque-monsieur? | A grilled cheese sandwich with ham | 60. In which province do they eat bouillabaisse? | Provence | 61. What is a bûche de Noël? | Yule log made out of cake for Christmas | 62. How is café au lait served? | With hot milk and cream | 63. What is the largest crop grown in France? | Wheat | 64. What is the main ingredient of sauerkraut? | Cabbage | 65. Which is stronger un express or un crème? | Un express | 66. What is a tisane? | Herbal tea | 67. What is mille-feuilles? | Pastry | 68. Who was Louis Renault? | Founder of Renault autos | 69. Who is la Joconde? | Mona Lisa | 70. Where does France get its name? | From the Francs | 71. What did the French Constitution establish for women in 1946? | Equal pay for equal work | 72. What is the number of the department that includes Paris? | 75 | 73. How many hours ahead is France than New York? | 6 hours | 74. What are the divisions of Paris called? | Arrondissements | 75. Where is the Latin Quarter right or left bank? | Left | 76. Where is the Hall of Mirrors? | Versailles | 77. Where is the most famous Roman arena in France? | Nîmes | 78. Which body of water is to the west of France? | The Atlantic Ocean | 79. What is the highest mountain France? | Mont Blanc | 80. Which region is famous for its butter? | Normandy | 81. From where does most of France's olive oil come? | Provence | 82. For what is Limoges famous? | Porcelain | 83. From where was William the Conqueror? | Normandy | 84. Where can you buy little saints santons, for Christmas? | Provence | 85. How many miles are 80 kilometers? | 50 miles | 86. What mountain range separates France and Spain? | Pyrenees | 87. What famous cathedral is found on l'Ile de la Cité? | Notre Dame | 88. What is Chartres famous for? | The cathedral | 89. How many departments are there in mainland France? | 95 | 90. In which region do they eat lots of sauerkraut? | Alsace | 91. Where is Jacques Cartier from? | Brittany | 92. What is the geometrical shape of France? | Hexagon | 93. What is the English Channel in French? | La Manche | 94. Which is the longest river in France? | The Loire | 95. What is La Côte d'Azur ? | French Riviera | 96. What city is at the mouth of the Seine? | Le Havre | 97. Where is Omaha Beach? | Normandy | 98. What French island is located in the Mediterranean? | Corsica | 99. Where is the Mardi Gras celebrated wildly? | Nice | 100. Where in France would you find Celtic traditions? | Brittany | 101. What is the province in which Paris is located? | L'Ile-de-France |
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