This is the treasure hunt we made to make our erasmus students discover Beauvais;

1. Name of Team :
Names of students :

2. The principle of a Treasure Hunt is to discover a place / a town with a game by answering
questions (observation, culture, small riddles...) You must write your answers in the frames.
Example :
Please respect the places where you should go. Don’t leave any trace of your passage
(ex : on the floor, … )
If you don’t find an answer, don’t stay too long at the same place, there are many questions.
Answers must be given in English only.
You must begin the treasure hunt between 1.30 PM and 2.00 PM
You must finish the treasure hunt between 3.00 PM and 3.30 PM
(minus 5 points every 5 minutes after 4.00PM)
Good luck ! ! !
INTRODUCTION
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3. 1) When you go out of the school, go right
and cross the street.
Go across the park and search this statue.
Something is missing.
Take a pen and draw what is missing.
2) In this park, you must find the name of a French President.
Could you give us his name?
Central
Square
Cathédral
A
Map
Questions
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4. 3) Cross the road and go to the main street of Beauvais (rue Gambetta). Put these letters in
the right order to find the name of an old Hospital in Beauvais.
Hint : Here is a picture of his worst enemy.
E E I O U D L H T
4) Go down rue Gambetta and take the first street on your right.
Try to find “friends” of the person whose name is mentioned in the name
of the hospital.
Which house number could he find “his friends” in ?
5) Walk a few blocks, and near point (see Map) and find the intruder
6) Near point , find the name of a great French writer who studied in Beauvais.
Who is it?
Hint : Here is a rebus to help you, BUT you need to find the French words
to complete it...
7) Give the title of a book by this man.
8) Near this point, you must find what is at the same time
a colour, a fruit and a shop?
9) At this crossroads, you must find the head of an animal. What is the correct animal?
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G H I J K

5. 10) Turn right and see the old wall. It’s a very old wall, a very very old wall (2000 years old)
Now walk 100 meters. Now you’ll travel in time.
Just After the wall find and go through this door on your left .
Go through the door and find this little house that is typical of the region.
Could you tell what century this House dates back to?
11) Go right (“voie Chassée Marée”) : you will see the great Cathedral.
Walk around it. (“ Ohhhhhhhh It’s beautiful!”)
On the way you must find this metallic circle.
Could you draw what you see into this circle ?
12) This sign (question n°11) is associated to Beauvais. You will see a number of them on the
ground during this adventure.
Find the common point between these 4 pictures to find what the power of this animal is.
Now we are facing the Beauvais Cathedral. Go in and answer in the following questions.
(questions 13 to 17)
The building of the Cathedral began in the 13 th
Century.
It has the highest gothic choir in the world: it’s 48,50 meters high!!
13) Just before the entrance. On the left and on the right of the door,
you can see a fruit. Which fruit is that ?
14) Just after the entrance you can see a
man who is sitting on a chair.
If you find his name, you’ll find the name
of this Cathedral. Who is he?
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6. Now inside you must find the astronomical clock.
15) How many parts are there in the clock? 16) If you want to know the truth about this
clock, tell who it was designed by.
17) It’s a wonderful clock but it’s not on time.
How many minutes less than your watch?
Now go outside the Cathedral and turn left. You must go to the central square : you must
take and after . In this second street you can find a French
region : “Le Normandie”.
18) Give the price of the menu (“entrée + dessert”) ?
Welcome to the Jeanne Hachette square. Search and find
Jeanne Hachette.
And now, especially for you, here comes the... “Jeanne Hachette Quizz” !
19) When was this square inaugurated after it was renovated ?
True or False? Tick the correct answers.
QUESTIONS TRUE FALSE
20) Jeanne Hachette had her hand cut off.
21) The sculpture of Jeanne Hachette dates back to 1851.
22) You can see this cross on the statue.
23) Jeanne Hachette fought without shoes.
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7. 24) Now find the picture you can’t see on this square.
A B C D E
Now let's return to the modern world: a commercial world with shops.
=> Walk down rue Carnot.
25) At the beginning of your walk, you can see a big fountain.
How many angels can you see inside ?
Go to the main shopping streets of Beauvais “Rue Carnot” and “rue Gambetta” and open your
eyes: you must find the names associated to these logos.
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30) During this treasure hunt (Rue Gambetta)
you’ll go inside this picture.
Be careful it’s a picture from 1930.
Could you tell what the correct picture is?
(see next page for the pictures)
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8. A B
C D
Now fill in the blanks. Your answers will be colours.
31) In France, the colours of the post office are .... 32) The colours of the town of Beauvais
33) At the end of “Rue Gambetta”, turn right, into “rue du 27 Juin”: it’s the oldest street in
Beauvais, there are many old houses. Look, they are very beautiful.
The name of street is “ 27 Juin” because Jeanne Hachette won against the English in
Beauvais on 27th
June. Could you tell me the year of this victory?
Find the house numbers for these beautiful faces :
A B C D
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9. 38) In this street, find the Nino pizza place . We can find the best pizza in
the world there! Answer this mathematic riddle :
“If a 15-cm diameter pizza is for one person,
How many people will a 45 cm diameter pizza be for?”
At the end of this street, turn left. Walk across the street and go to the square near the
four big men just in a front of the school. Here are the last questions for this quiz :
39) Give the name of the marshal who died the youngest.
40) Give the name of the marshal whose name announces the beginning of summer.
Wonderful! You aren’t lost!
You can have a break, eat something and drink some water
Congratulations !!
!! Extra missions !!
+2 points for each mission completed
Make picture or videos (showing at least one member of the group) with the following
elements :
1) A flag
2) A French couple
3) A moustachioed man
4) A policeman
5) An animal
6) In front of a ceramics
7) A person wearing a hat or a cap
8) Jeanne Hachette statue (!!THE WHOLE TEAM should appear on this one!!)
9) Dance on Jeanne Hachette square (Video)
10) Have a tourist sing “La Marseillaise” (French national anthem) ( Vidéo)
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10. 1) Dessin :
oiseau/colombe
11) dessin : salamandre 21)True ( 1851) 31)PTT :
Blue and Yellow
2) President: Jacques
Chirac
12) 4 image = 1 mot ;
FIRE
22)True ( Cross) 32) Beauvais:
White and Red
3) anagramme:
HOTEL DIEU
13) fruit Grappe =
raisin
23) False ( Legs) 33) 27 Juin : 1472
4) Nombre : 1 14) Nom : St Pierre 24) Intrus (D) 34) number 17
5) Intrus : E 15) Nombre de parties
: 90 000
25) 3 anges 35) number 18
6) Rebus: Jean Racine 16) Auguste Vérité 26) Maison du
Monde
36) number 10
7) Titre : Androméde –
Phedre – Britanicus -
Bérénice
17) Retard : 52 mn 27) Soc Generale 37) number 23
8) couleur : Orange 18) 15 euros 28) Groupama 38) Pizza for 9
people
9) Animal : Mouton G 19) 16 Octobre 2015 29) caisse épargne 39) Leclerc (45 ans)
10) little house : 15eme
siècle
20) False ( Cut) 30) Image B 40) Marechal Juin
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