Timber Skills
This is the term for cutting the branches off a log.
What is limbing?
Also called the "Joining Knot."
What is the Square Knot?
This Wal-Mart founder became an Eagle Scout at the age of 13.
Who was Sam Walton?
The proper way to retire the American Flag.
What is burning?
The Boy Scouts of America was founded in this year.
What is 1910?
When chopping a log...it is the shape your cutting should represent.
What is a "V"?
This knot is used for lines under tension.
What is the Taut Line?
This Eagle Scout went on to direct such films as Jaws, E.T., and Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Who is Steven Spielberg?
Boy Scouts shake hands with this hand.
What is the left hand?
This person founded Boy Scouting.
Who was Lord Robert Baden Powell?
The proper way to carry an ax.
What is holding the end of the handle at your side with the ax blade pointed away from your body?
This knot is used for joining two ropes of different diameters.
(Hint: Not the Square Knot)
What is the Sheet Bend?
This Eagle Scout was the first person to walk on the Moon.
Who was Neil Armstrong?
Boy Scouts wear rank on this shirt pocket.
What is the left pocket?
In 1911...the BSA published 300,000 copies of the first edition of this.
What is the Boy Scout Handbook?
This is the term for cutting through a log.
What is bucking?
This knot is commonly used to start lashings.
What is the Clove Hitch?
This Eagle Scout is most famously known for being the host of “Dirty Jobs” on the Discovery Channel.
Who is Mike Rowe?
The Scout sign and salute has this many fingers extended.
What is three fingers?
In 1912...Arthur Eldred of Troop 1 became the first one.
What is the first Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America?
The 3 parts of the sharp edge of an ax blade.
What is the toe, the bit and the heel.
This knot is also called the "Rescue Knot."
What is the Bowline?
This Eagle Scout was the only Eagle Scout to become President of the United States.
Who was Gerald Ford?
The name for the 12 principles a Boy Scout lives by.
What is the Boy Scout Law?
In 1916...E. Urner Goodman organized this "scouting honor society" at Treasure Island scout camp near Philadelphia.
What is the Order of the Arrow?