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. A deal is made to make Washington, DC the nation's new capital in "The Room Where It Happens," a song in what smash hit Broadway musical? | Hamilton | 2. Known as the hottest ticket on Broadway for years after its 2015 debut, what is the name of the musical penned by Lin-Manuel Miranda that was loosely based on a biography written by Ron Chernow? | Hamilton | 3. One of Broadway's longest-running musicals, what Jonathan Larson show with a four-letter title featured characters singing about how they couldn't afford to pay their New York City landlord? | Rent | 4. "___: You're the One that I Want" was a 2007 reality competition show to cast the lead roles of Danny and Sandy in a Broadway musical revival. What musical's one-word title goes in the blank? | Grease | 5. Named for a major Midwestern city, what long-running Broadway musical features songs like "All That Jazz," "Cell Block Tango," and "Mr. Cellophane?" | Chicago | 6. What classic Broadway musical, adapted for film in 1961 and again in 2021, features warring New York City gangs known as the Jets and the Sharks? | West Side Story | 7. What 2004 smash-hit teen comedy movie opened as a musical on Broadway in Spring 2018? The Hollywood Reporter noted in its review that one character changed from an "imperious arbiter of high school hotness to full-blown arch villainess." | Mean Girls | 8. Harold Hill sings, "I love you madly, madly, Madam Librarian, Marian" in the song "Marian the Librarian," in what classic and alliteratively titled Broadway musical? | The Music Man | 9. With over 10,000 performances, what spooky performance is the longest running show in Broadway history? | Phantom of the Opera | 10. Running on Broadway from 2005 to 2017, what musical tells the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and features songs like "Sherry" and "Big Girls Don't Cry?" | Jersey Boys | 11. All featuring in the new Broadway jukebox musical "& Juliet", the songs "Stronger", "Overprotected", and "...Baby One More Time", were all originally performed by which pop star and icon of the 1990s? | Britney Spears | 12. After seeing her on Broadway, Walt Disney wanted to cast Julie Andrews in his next live-action film. Not only was it Andrews’ first movie, but she went on to get her first Academy Award nomination—and Oscar win—for the role. What was the name of the 1964 film? | Mary Poppins | 13. Inspired by Alanis Morissette's 1995 album of the same name, what Broadway show closed on December 17, 2021 after winning both two Tony Awards and the 2021 Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album? | Jagged Little Pill | 14. How many stages are used at the first Z Fringe Fest? | 3 | 15. Where was the world's first Fringe Festival? | Scotland |
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