Scouting General
This mandatory Scouting item has three corners and can be used as a sling, a signal flag, or a neck covering.
What is a neckerchief?
To earn this Eagle-required merit badge, Scouts must learn CPR, treat shock, and build a customized emergency kit.
What is First Aid?
In soccer, this player is the only one allowed to use their hands during normal play within the penalty area.
Who is the Goalkeeper (or Goalie)?
Measuring over 2,300 miles long, this massive river system flows through the central United States down to the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Mississippi River?
This farm animal cannot physically look up into the sky due to the shape of its neck and spine.
What is a pig?
This rule dictates that you should always leave a campsite cleaner than you found it.
What is Leave No Trace?
This merit badge features a green tree silhouette on its patch and requires Scouts to identify local trees, leaf types, and wood products.
What is Forestry?
A standard game of bowling consists of this many frames.
What is 10?
This continent is the coldest, windiest, and driest landmass on Earth.
What is Antarctica?
Honey is famous among foods for this unique property—it never does this, even after thousands of years.
What is spoil (or expire/go bad)?
This essential knot is known as the "king of knots" because it forms a secure, non-slip loop at the end of a rope.
What is the Bowline?
This required badge focuses on local government, attending town council meetings, and learning about community issues.
What is Citizenship in the Community?
In baseball, a batter who hits a home run with all three bases occupied scores this 4-run feature.
What is a Grand Slam?
Home to Mount Everest, this is the highest mountain range in the world.
What are the Himalayas?
These marine mammals are known to sleep holding hands so they don't drift apart in the ocean current.
What are Sea Otters?
Established in 1915, this national honor society of the Boy Scouts of America uses Native American-style traditions and focuses on brotherhood and service.
What is the Order of the Arrow (OA)?
Scouts learning to cook over open fires, plan balanced backcountry menus, and safely store food outdoors earn this merit badge.
What is Cooking?
In basketball, this term describes a player recording double digits in three different statistical categories (like points, rebounds, and assists) in a single game.
What is a Triple-Double?
This European nation shaped like a boot is completely surrounded by the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas.
What is Italy?
This fruit has its seeds on the outside rather than the inside.
What is a strawberry?
What is Mr. Brown's favorite food group other than meat?
Ice Cream
Introduced in 1911, this original merit badge requires Scouts to track weather patterns, read barometers, and explain cloud types.
What is Weather?
What is the 2nd dumbest NCAA team next to Ohio State?
University of Michigan
This vast desert covering northern Africa is roughly the same size as the entire continental United States.
What is the Sahara Desert?
A group of flamingos is officially referred to by this colorful collective noun.
What is a flamboyance?