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When Scouts swim safely, they use this system in which one Scout looks out for the other & vice versa.
What is the buddy system?
It’s a 10-letter word for a newbie as well as the second rank in Boy Scouts.
What is Tenderfoot?
For a Boy Scout, it’s the tie that binds.
What is a square knot?
When asked “For what?” with regard to this motto of the Boy Scouts, Robert Baden-Powell said, “Why, for any old thing.”
What is Be Prepared?
This Eagle Scout film director depicted Indiana Jones as a Boy Scout in “The Last Crusade.”
Who is Steven Spielberg?
From the French for summoning, it’s the practice of a Scout safely lowering himself down a mountainside.
What is rappelling?
That’s a GPS unit on the badge for this new 10-letter orienteering hobby.
What is Geocaching?
A clove hitch is useful in camping; tie a rope to your sack of food, which you’ll hang high to make this alliterative “bag.”
What is a bear bag?
An adjective in the Boy Scout Law, it means not wasteful with money.
What is thrifty?
Later vice president, he first visited the capital while leading Boy Scouts from Minnesota.
Who is Hubert Humphrey?
It’s a large, festive gathering, often of Boy Scouts nationwide.
What is a jamboree?
Of 10, 21 or 25, the number of merit badges a Scout needs to qualify for the rank of Eagle Scout.
What is 21?
The Guinness record for knot-tying measures the fastest time for tying the 6 knots listed in this handbook.
What is the Boy Scout Handbook?
The Boy Scouts logo features an eagle on this French-named item, a stylized lily.
What is a fleur-de-lis?
The first Scout to go on to be the president was this man who, in a youthful letter to his father Joe, asked for a bigger allowance to buy canteens and other Scout supplies.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
In 1995, some Boy Scouts in Wisconsin produced a Guinness-record 2,377-pound one of these.
What is a popcorn ball?
To qualify for a Bugling merit badge, a Scout must know 15 calls, including this one sounded at the end of the day.
What is Taps?
This practice, also done by film editors, joins two ropes & makes them almost as strong as the original ones.
What is splicing?
This synonym for “amiable” linked with a comic book ghost.
What is friendly?
For an incredible 50 years, 1926-76, he illustrated the official Boy Scout calendar.
Who is Norman Rockwell?
A goal of the Boy Scouts is to foster this 15-letter word through activities like fishing, hiking & canoeing.
What is outdoorsmanship?
The Boy Scouts of America’s highest award for service is “The Silver” one of these Plains animals.
What is Buffalo?
This was once a braided cord worn by Boy Scouts; it’s now a wasteful project that often involves graft.
What is a boondoggle?
Immaculate is a synonym for this word that can precede “getaway” or a “sweep.”
What is clean?
In 1928, Boy Scout Paul Siple was chosen to go along on this admiral’s Antarctic expedition.
Who is Richard Byrd?