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QR Challenge: Who is Bear Grylls?

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Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

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

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

B. The lesson:

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!

C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question

Answer

1. Shockingly (not really), his name is not actually Bear. His real name is Edward Michael Grylls.
2. His only sibling Lara gave him the nickname "Bear" when he was just a week old.
3. He has a black belt in karate.
4. He served three years with the British Special Air Service (21 SAS).
5. It was with the SAS that he was trained in evasive driving, parachuting, demolitions, trauma medic, unarmed combat and jungle warfare. At least it paid off.
6. A year before climbing Mount Everest, Grylls broke his back in three places in a free-fall parachuting accident.
7. His first book, Facing Up went into the top 10 best-seller list in Britain- it was also later launched in the USA titled, The kid who climbed Mount Everest.
8. He has written 11 books since writing his first book, including four teenage fiction books about survival titled Mission Survival.
9. His 1st TV break came when he was approached to star in an advert for Sure for Men deodorant featuring the story of his Mount Everest summit.
10. The first major TV series he starred in was for Channel four, called Escape to the legion, where he went through simulated basic training with legionnaires in North Africa.
11. After his first TV show, he was commissioned to present 12 episodes, an hour each, for a novel TV format called Man VS Wild on Discovery Channel.
12. Man VS Wild went on to become No 1 cable show in all of America, reaching a global audience of over 1.2 bn viewers, in over 200 countries.
13. In 2007, he led an attempt to become the first man to fly a powered paraglider to a height above the world’s highest peak - his efforts raised $2.4m for various charities.
14. He has released a Man VS Wild Xbox, Playstation and Wii game with Discovery Channel.
15. Grylls has consumed raw frozen yak eyeballs, camel intestine juice, a live snake, maggots as big as a hand and a giant live spider as part of his show.
16. His favourite TV show as a child was MacGyver and The A-team.
17. He was appointed Chief Scout by the Scout association at the age of 35 in 2009. He became the youngest person ever to hold this position making him the Chief Representative for millions of scouts around the world.
18. Some of the injuries he has suffered over the years include crushed shoulders, a sliced finger, a broken elbow, a smashed knee cartilage, a broken big toe, a chipped shin bone, a dislocated hip as well as various bites from snakes, bats, scorpions and 4 319 mosquitoes.
19. He attended a prestigious British school called Eton College.
20. In 1997, he also became the youngest Briton to climb the iconic Mount Ama Dablam in the Himalayas (6858m).
21. Bear's son has already saved a life at the age of seven when he rescued a girl who was drowning in a pool.
22. He was born to Sir Michael Grylls and Lady Sarah Grylls on 7th June, 1974, in Donaghadee region of Northern Ireland, and christened Edward Michael Grylls. His elder sister is named Lara Fawcett, and it was she who nicknamed him as Bear.
23. When he was four years old, his family shifted to Bembridge village in the Isle of Wight. He was trained in climbing and sailing by his father when he was a child. He turned into a cub scout when he was eight years old.
24. He received education from institutions such as ‘Ludgrove School’ and ‘Eton College. He initiated the establishment of a mountaineering club in the ‘Eton College’.
25. In his youth, he trained in skydiving and also obtained a black belt in Shotokan karate.
26. He joined the ‘Territorial Army’ (Army Reserve UK) and worked at the ‘Special Air Service’ unit of the army for three years. He was a combat survival instructor and learnt demolitions, parachuting, unarmed combat, evasive driving and trauma medic.
27. In 1997, he climbed the Mount Ama Dablam and became the youngest British to climb this mountain.
28. He went hiking in the Himalayan Mountains of Sikkim and West Bengal, and on 26th May, 1998, he climbed Mount Everest and registered his name in the ‘Guinness Book of Records’.
29. He completed a part-time graduation in Hispanic studies from ‘Birkbeck, University of London’ in 2002. He also attended the ‘University of the West of England’.
30. In 2003, he went on an expedition to the north Atlantic Arctic Ocean, accompanied by a team comprising five members. They sailed from Nova Scotia to Labrador, Greenland, Iceland and then Scotland.
31. This adventurer created a new record in 2005, when he along with mountaineer David Hempleman-Adams and Lieutenant Commander Alan Veal, leader of the ‘Royal Navy Freefall Parachute Display Team’, organised the highest open-air formal dinner party. The same year, he shot the television series ‘Escape to the Legion’.
32. He undertook an expedition and led a team to paramotor over Angel Falls, Venezuela, which is the highest waterfall of the world in 2005.
33. In 2006, his tele-series ‘Man vs. Wild’ was launched which showed how Grylls survived in harsh environments. This show was initially entitled ‘Born Survivor: Bear Grylls’ and was broadcast in UK by this name.
34. He created a new record in 2007, when he flew a Parajet over the Himalayas. The following year, he accompanied by double amputee Al Hodgson and Scotsman Freddy MacDonald, created a Guinness World Record of the ‘longest continuous indoor freefall’.
35. In the year 2009, he was made the Chief Scout of ‘The Scout Association’ when he was thirty-five years old. Thus, he became the youngest individual to hold the position of Chief Scout.
36. This voyager accompanied by a team of five embarked on Northwest Passage expedition in a rigid-inflatable boat sailing through 2,500 miles, in 2010.
37. The explorer wrote his autobiography ‘Mud, Sweat and Tears: The Autobiography’ in the year 2012.
38. In 2013, he presented the show ‘Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls’, and the same year, ‘Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell’ also premiered. The following year, he hosted the show ‘The Island with Bear Grylls’ which was about thirteen men in a desolate island in the Pacific.
39. In 2014, his show ‘Running Wild with Bear Grylls’ was launched which featured celebrities such as Zac Efron,Ben Stiller and Channing Tatum.
40. He hosted another reality show ‘Bear Grylls: Mission Survive’ in 2015 which featured eight celebrities who had to perform certain tasks in order to survive in the show.
41. This voyager was felicitated with an honorary rank of Lieutenant Commander in 2004, in the ‘Royal Naval Reserve’.
42. In the year 2000, Bear Grylls married Shara Cannings, and the couple have three children named Marmaduke, Jesse and Huckleberry.
43. He is associated with many charitable organisations like ‘The Prince’s Trust’, ‘The JoLt Trust’. Most of his expeditions have been aimed at raising funds for organisations such as ‘Global Angels’, 'The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme', 'Royal National Lifeboat Institution', 'SSAFA Forces Help', 'Hope and Homes for Children'.
44. He owns a franchise of the dietary supplements brand ‘Juice Plus’.

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Shockingly_(not_really),_his_name_is_not_actually_Bear._His_real_name_is_Edward_Michael_Grylls.

Question 1 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=His_only_sibling_Lara_gave_him_the_nickname_"Bear"_when_he_was_just_a_week_old.

Question 2 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=He_has_a_black_belt_in_karate.

Question 3 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=He_served_three_years_with_the_British_Special_Air_Service_(21_SAS).

Question 4 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It_was_with_the_SAS_that_he_was_trained_in_evasive_driving,_parachuting,_demolitions,_trauma_medic,_unarmed_combat_and_jungle_warfare._At_least_it_paid_off.

Question 5 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_year_before_climbing_Mount_Everest,_Grylls_broke_his_back_in_three_places_in_a_free-fall_parachuting_accident.

Question 6 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=His_first_book,_Facing_Up_went_into_the_top_10_best-seller_list_in_Britain-_it_was_also_later_launched_in_the_USA_titled,_The_kid_who_climbed_Mount_Everest.

Question 7 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=He_has_written_11_books_since_writing_his_first_book,_including_four_teenage_fiction_books_about_survival_titled_Mission_Survival.

Question 8 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=His_1st_TV_break_came_when_he_was_approached_to_star_in_an_advert_for_Sure_for_Men_deodorant_featuring_the_story_of_his_Mount_Everest_summit.

Question 9 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_first_major_TV_series_he_starred_in_was_for_Channel_four,_called_Escape_to_the_legion,_where_he_went_through_simulated_basic_training_with_legionnaires_in_North_Africa.

Question 10 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=After_his_first_TV_show,_he_was_commissioned_to_present_12_episodes,_an_hour_each,_for_a_novel_TV_format_called_Man_VS_Wild_on_Discovery_Channel.

Question 11 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Man_VS_Wild_went_on_to_become_No_1_cable_show_in_all_of_America,_reaching_a_global_audience_of_over_1.2_bn_viewers,_in_over_200_countries.

Question 12 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_2007,_he_led_an_attempt_to_become_the_first_man_to_fly_a_powered_paraglider_to_a_height_above_the_world’s_highest_peak_-_his_efforts_raised_$2.4m_for_various_charities.

Question 13 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=He_has_released_a_Man_VS_Wild_Xbox,_Playstation_and_Wii_game_with_Discovery_Channel.

Question 14 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Grylls_has_consumed_raw_frozen_yak_eyeballs,_camel_intestine_juice,_a_live_snake,_maggots_as_big_as_a_hand_and_a_giant_live_spider_as_part_of_his_show.

Question 15 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=His_favourite_TV_show_as_a_child_was_MacGyver_and_The_A-team.

Question 16 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=He_was_appointed_Chief_Scout_by_the_Scout_association_at_the_age_of_35_in_2009._He_became_the_youngest_person_ever_to_hold_this_position_making_him_the_Chief_Representative_for_millions_of_scouts_around_the_world.

Question 17 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Some_of_the_injuries_he_has_suffered_over_the_years_include_crushed_shoulders,_a__sliced_finger,_a_broken_elbow,_a_smashed_knee_cartilage,_a_broken_big_toe,_a_chipped_shin_bone,_a_dislocated_hip_as_well_as_various_bites_from_snakes,_bats,_scorpions_and_4_319_mosquitoes.

Question 18 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=He_attended_a_prestigious_British_school_called_Eton_College.

Question 19 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_1997,_he_also_became_the_youngest_Briton_to_climb_the_iconic_Mount_Ama_Dablam_in_the_Himalayas_(6858m).

Question 20 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Bear's_son_has_already_saved_a_life_at_the_age_of_seven_when_he_rescued_a_girl_who_was_drowning_in_a_pool.

Question 21 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=He_was_born_to_Sir_Michael_Grylls_and_Lady_Sarah_Grylls_on_7th_June,_1974,_in_Donaghadee_region_of_Northern_Ireland,_and_christened_Edward_Michael_Grylls._His_elder_sister_is_named_Lara_Fawcett,_and_it_was_she_who_nicknamed_him_as_Bear.

Question 22 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_he_was_four_years_old,_his_family_shifted_to_Bembridge_village_in_the_Isle_of_Wight._He_was_trained_in_climbing_and_sailing_by_his_father_when_he_was_a_child._He_turned_into_a_cub_scout_when_he_was_eight_years_old.

Question 23 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=He_received_education_from_institutions_such_as_‘Ludgrove_School’_and_‘Eton_College._He_initiated_the_establishment_of_a_mountaineering_club_in_the_‘Eton_College’.

Question 24 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_his_youth,_he_trained_in_skydiving_and_also_obtained_a_black_belt_in_Shotokan_karate.

Question 25 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=He_joined_the_‘Territorial_Army’_(Army_Reserve_UK)_and_worked_at_the_‘Special_Air_Service’_unit_of_the_army_for_three_years._He_was_a_combat_survival_instructor_and_learnt_demolitions,_parachuting,_unarmed_combat,_evasive_driving_and_trauma_medic.

Question 26 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_1997,_he_climbed_the_Mount_Ama_Dablam_and_became_the_youngest_British_to_climb_this_mountain.

Question 27 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=He_went_hiking_in_the_Himalayan_Mountains_of_Sikkim_and_West_Bengal,_and_on_26th_May,_1998,_he_climbed_Mount_Everest_and_registered_his_name_in_the_‘Guinness_Book_of_Records’.

Question 28 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=He_completed_a_part-time_graduation_in_Hispanic_studies_from_‘Birkbeck,_University_of_London’_in_2002._He_also_attended_the_‘University_of_the_West_of_England’.

Question 29 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_2003,_he_went_on_an_expedition_to_the_north_Atlantic_Arctic_Ocean,_accompanied_by_a_team_comprising_five_members._They_sailed_from_Nova_Scotia_to_Labrador,_Greenland,_Iceland_and_then_Scotland.

Question 30 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_adventurer_created_a_new_record_in_2005,_when_he_along_with_mountaineer_David_Hempleman-Adams_and_Lieutenant_Commander_Alan_Veal,_leader_of_the_‘Royal_Navy_Freefall_Parachute_Display_Team’,_organised_the_highest_open-air_formal_dinner_party._The_same_year,_he_shot_the_television_series_‘Escape_to_the_Legion’.

Question 31 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=He_undertook_an_expedition_and_led_a_team_to_paramotor_over_Angel_Falls,_Venezuela,_which_is_the_highest_waterfall_of_the_world_in_2005.

Question 32 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_2006,_his_tele-series_‘Man_vs._Wild’_was_launched_which_showed_how_Grylls_survived_in_harsh_environments._This_show_was_initially_entitled_‘Born_Survivor:_Bear_Grylls’_and_was_broadcast_in_UK_by_this_name.

Question 33 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=He_created_a_new_record_in_2007,_when_he_flew_a_Parajet_over_the_Himalayas._The_following_year,_he_accompanied_by_double_amputee_Al_Hodgson_and_Scotsman_Freddy_MacDonald,_created_a_Guinness_World_Record_of_the_‘longest_continuous_indoor_freefall’.

Question 34 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_the_year_2009,_he_was_made_the_Chief_Scout_of_‘The_Scout_Association’_when_he_was_thirty-five_years_old._Thus,_he_became_the_youngest_individual_to_hold_the_position_of_Chief_Scout.

Question 35 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_voyager_accompanied_by_a_team_of_five_embarked_on_Northwest_Passage_expedition_in_a_rigid-inflatable_boat_sailing_through_2,500_miles,_in_2010.

Question 36 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_explorer_wrote_his_autobiography_‘Mud,_Sweat_and_Tears:_The_Autobiography’_in_the_year_2012.

Question 37 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_2013,_he_presented_the_show_‘Get_Out_Alive_with_Bear_Grylls’,_and_the_same_year,_‘Bear_Grylls:_Escape_From_Hell’_also_premiered._The_following_year,_he_hosted_the_show_‘The_Island_with_Bear_Grylls’_which_was_about_thirteen_men_in_a_desolate_island_in_the_Pacific.

Question 38 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_2014,_his_show_‘Running_Wild_with_Bear_Grylls’_was_launched_which_featured_celebrities_such_as_Zac_Efron,Ben_Stiller_and_Channing_Tatum.

Question 39 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=He_hosted_another_reality_show_‘Bear_Grylls:_Mission_Survive’_in_2015_which_featured_eight_celebrities_who_had_to_perform_certain_tasks_in_order_to_survive_in_the_show.

Question 40 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_voyager_was_felicitated_with_an_honorary_rank_of_Lieutenant_Commander_in_2004,_in_the_‘Royal_Naval_Reserve’.

Question 41 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_the_year_2000,_Bear_Grylls_married_Shara_Cannings,_and_the_couple_have_three_children_named_Marmaduke,_Jesse_and_Huckleberry.

Question 42 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=He_is_associated_with_many_charitable_organisations_like_‘The_Prince’s_Trust’,_‘The_JoLt_Trust’._Most_of_his_expeditions_have_been_aimed_at_raising_funds_for_organisations_such_as_‘Global_Angels’,_'The_Duke_of_Edinburgh's_Award_Scheme',_'Royal_National_Lifeboat_Institution',_'SSAFA_Forces_Help',_'Hope_and_Homes_for_Children'.

Question 43 (of 44)

 


Who is Bear Grylls? : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=He_owns_a_franchise_of_the_dietary_supplements_brand_‘Juice_Plus’.

Question 44 (of 44)