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. 1) What was the name of the song by Pharrell Williams which begins with the lyrics, 'It might sound crazy what I'm about to say..'? | Happy | 2. 2) How many beats does a whole note get? | 4 | 3. 3)Complete the song title from the Lego Movie, 'Everything is...'? | Awesome | 4. 4) What note can be played on the recorder using only the middle finger in the front? | D | 5. 5) What talent show did the group Little Mix win: a. Britain's Got Talent, b. The Voice, c. The X Factor (UK)? | C | 6. 6) Which of the following songs features Ed Sheeran performing a professional dance routine in the music video: a. Don't, b. Thinking Out Loud, c. Lego House? | B | 7. 7) What composer wrote the piano song "Fur Elise"? | Beethoven | 8. 8)Lukas Graham currently has a song on the top of the charts. What is it called? | 7 years | 9. 9) What Canadian artist recently released the song "One Dance"? | Drake | 10. 10) What super famous British group was made up of members Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon and George Harrison? | The Beatles | 11. 11) What are the first names of the original five members of One Direction? | Harry, Niall, Liam, Louis, Zayn | 12. 12) What is the name of Beyoncé's husband who is a famous rapper? | Jay-Z | 13. 13) What country singer is a judge on the tv show "The Voice"? | Blake Shelton | 14. 14) What is the name of the lead singer of the band Hedley? | Jacob Hoggard | 15. 15) What are the louds and softs in music called? | Dynamics | 16. 16) What word do we use to describe how fast or slow a song is? | tempo | 17. 17) What word is spelled using the spaces of the treble clef from bottom to top? | Face | 18. 18) Uptown Funk is a song featuring Bruno Mars by what artist? | Mark Ronson | 19. 19) What Canadian artist had a hit with the song "Call Me Maybe"? | Carly-Rae Jepsen | 20. 20) Which song is not on Taylor Swift's 1989 album: a)Blank Space b)Mean c)Out of the Woods | C | 21. 21) What country band does the song "Chicken Fried"? | Zac Brown Band | 22. 22) The partner song for Rufus Rustus is called what? | Chicken | 23. 23) How many beats is a half note worth? | 2 | 24. 24) What artist was known as "The King of Pop" and died in 2009? | Michael Jackson | 25. 25) How many keys are on a standard piano? | 88 | 26. 26) How many strings are on a violin? | 4 | 27. 27) What instrument is the largest member of the brass family? | Tuba | 28. 28) What artist died this year at age 57 from an accidental drug overdose? | Prince | 29. 29) What song starts with the lyrics: "For all the times that you rain on my parade and all the clubs you get in using my name"? | Love Yourself | 30. 30) What does a double bar with two dots at the end of a piece of music mean? | Repeat | 31. 31) What note can be played on the recorder using your thumb and the three fingers of your left hand? | G | 32. 32) Ruth B's "Lost Boy" talks about characters from what Disney movie? | Peter Pan | 33. 33) What Canadian teenage artist became famous after he began posting song covers on the popular video sharing application Vine? | Shawn Mendes | 34. 34) How many beats is a quarter note worth? | 1 | 35. 35) When a group sings the same song but starts the song at different times, what is that called? | A round | 36. 36) When we are writing rhythms and want there to be no sound, what do we use? | A rest | 37. 37) What Newfoundland group was Alan Doyle part of? | Great Big Sea | 38. 38) What Newfoundland folk song has the lyrics "Fogo, Twillingate, Morton's Harbour, all around the circle"? | I'se the B'y | 39. 39) What female pop star is headlining a concert in Paradise, Newfoundland in September? | Selena Gomez | 40. 40) What female pop star is originally from Barbados? | Rihanna | 41. 41) The well known song from Beethoven's 9th Symphony that can be played on the recorder is called what? | Ode to Joy | 42. 42) Who is the lead singer of Maroon 5? | Adam Levine | 43. 43) What 90s boy band was Justin Timberlake a member of? | NSYNC | 44. 44) What is the total number of beats of two whole notes, two half notes and two quarter notes? | 14 | 45. 45) What is the highest pitched woodwind instrument in our school band? | Flute | 46. 46) Name one of the two boys who play guitar for our school's choirs | Issac Shannahan or Spenser Murphy | 47. 47)What is the title of the Music Monday theme song? | We Are One | 48. 48) The song "The Last Post" is played on Remembrance Day on what instrument? | Trumpet | 49. 49) What is the name of the 4-stringed instrument that looks like a mini guitar? | Ukelele | 50. 50) What brass instrument uses a slide to change notes? | Trombone |
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