A Scout is...
Terms
People
Merit Badges
Miscellaneous
Places
Ropes
100
“On my honor” this oath says to “help other people at all times.”
What is The Scout Oath
100
Kangaroos & gorillas gather in these groups (as do Boy Scouts)
What are Troops
100
This Eagle Scout film director depicted Indiana Jones as a Boy Scout in “The Last Crusade.”
Who is Steven Spielberg
100
That’s a GPS unit on the badge for this new 10-letter orienteering hobby.
What is the Geocaching MB
100
The Boy Scouts logo features an eagle on this French-named item, a stylized lily.
What is A fleur-de-lis
100
The Robotics merit badge depicts this planet, but you can earn it on Earth.
What is Mars
100
The Guinness record for knot-tying measures the fastest time for tying the six knots listed in this book. Bonus(+75): List four of the six listed in that book.
What is The Boy Scout Handbook
(Square knot, two half hitches, taut line hitch, clove hitch, bowline, timber hitch)
200
Immaculate is a synonym for this word that can precede “getaway” or a “sweep.”
What is Clean
200
A 10-letter word for a newbie as well as the second rank in Boy Scouts
What is Tenderfoot
200
The first Scout to go on to be a U.S. 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
200
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
200
Arthur C. Clarke, Alex Haley & John Knowles have written for this 107-year-old Scouting publication.
What is Boys' Life
200
The Boy Scouts of America headquarters is in this state. Bonus (+100): List the city as well
What is Texas (Irving)
200
For a Boy Scout, it’s the tie that binds
What is A Square Knot
300
An adjective in the Boy Scout Law, it means not wasteful with money
What is Thrifty
300
A large, festive gathering, often of Boy Scouts nationwide
What is Jamboree
300
For an incredible 50 years, 1926-76, he illustrated the official Boy Scout calendar.
Who is Norman Rockwell
300
To receive the badge for this activity, you join two metal plates and inscribe your initials.
What is the Welding Merit Badge
300
The Bulls, Wolves, Curlews, & Ravens were the original first four of these in the Boy Scouts of America (1907)
What are Patrols
300
Since 1974, mulch from this holiday Rockefeller Center sight has gone to Boy Scouts to use as ground cover in camps.
What is The Christmas tree
300
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
400
This synonym for “amiable” linked with a comic book ghost.
What is Friendly
400
When Scouts swim safely, they use this system in which one Scout looks out for the other & vice versa.
What is The buddy system
400
In 1928, Boy Scout Paul Siple was chosen to go along on this admiral’s Antarctic expedition.
Who is Richard Byrd
400
The “S-A-R” on the badge created in 2012 stands for this lifesaving process.
What is Search And Rescue
400
The Boy Scouts of America’s highest award for service is “The Silver” one of these Plains animals.
What is a Buffalo
400
California’s Boy Scout Camp Winton is near a gold-bearing area called “the Mother Lode” in the foothills of this mountain range.
What is The Sierra Nevadas
400
This practice, also done by film editors, joins two ropes & makes them almost as strong as the original ones.
What is Splicing
500
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
500
A goal of the Boy Scouts is to foster this 15-letter word through activities like fishing, hiking & canoeing.
What is Outdoorsmanship
500
Later vice president, he first visited the US capital while leading Boy Scouts from Minnesota
Who is Hubert Humphrey
500
Making a plankton net and drawing a trench and seamount are two steps to your Boy Scout merit badge in this.
What is the Oceanography MB
500
Irving Berlin’s royalties from this song popularized by Kate Smith were donated to the Boy & Girl Scouts.
What is “God Bless America”
500
Ape Cave in this state is named for the St. Helen’s Apes, the local Boy Scout troop who first explored it.
What is Washington
500
From the French for summoning, it’s the practice of a Scout safely lowering himself down a mountainside.
What is Rappelling
600
The award given to one who has completed 10 additional merit badges beyond those required for eagle.
What is a Gold Palm
600
He was the first Eagle Scout president. Bonus (+150): How many total Eagle Scout presidents are there?
Who is Gerald Ford (He is the only one)
600
If you can describe a float, trap and drainpipe, you’re on your way to a badge in this field.
What is the Plumbing MB
600
In 1995, some Boy Scouts in Wisconsin produced a Guinness-record 2,377-pound one of these.
What is A popcorn ball
600
The nation's first boy scout troop was located in this state. Bonus(+200): List the city as well
What is Oklahoma (Pawhuksa)
600
Named after an animal, this knot was traditionally used by sailors to add weight to the end of the line.
What is a monkey fist knot