Classic Camping Movies
In this 1981 comedy, Bill Murray works at a chaotic summer camp.
Meatballs
This knot is commonly used to secure a boat to a dock post.
clove hitch
Finish this campfire song/nursery rhyme: Going on a bear hunt...
Gonna catch a big one
A sudden drop in body temperature caused by cold exposure is called this.
hypothermia
This 1908 organization became the largest scouting organization in America.
Boy Scouts of America
In this Redford/Newman western, the pair spends time hiding and camping while on the run.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
This is the largest species of bear in the world.
The Polar Bear
This folk song made famous by Pete Seeger includes the repeated line “Where have all the ___”
Flowers Gone?
This tree, famous in California, is the largest by volume in the world.
Giant Sequoia
Finish this phrase, “red sky at night…”
"Sailor's delight"
This Humphrey Bogart film features prospectors camping in the Sierra Madre mountains.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
This famous naturalist wrote Walden after living simply near a pond in Massachusetts.
Henry David Thoreau
Burl Ives made this campfire favorite about a wandering cowboy famous.
Big Rock Candy Mountain
Before GPS, hikers often used this paper navigation tool with contour lines.
topographic map
This type of fire is built using two crossed layers of logs.
log cabin fire
This 1986 coming-of-age movie follows boys hiking to find a missing body.
Stand by Me
This knot is used by climbers to attach rope to a harness.
figure-eight follow-through
This John Denver hit mentions “mountain mama.”
What is Take Me Home, Country Roads?
The safest place during a lightning storm in the wilderness is this type of structure?
substantial building or hard-topped vehicle
Smokey Bear’s slogan originally warned Americans to prevent these.
forest fires/wildfires
In The Parent Trap, the twins first meet where?
Summer Camp
This knot tightens under pressure and is commonly used for hanging bear bags.
taut-line hitch
Finish the lyric: “Home, home on the range, where the deer and the antelope…”
“play”
This “Leave No Trace” rule/phrase says to pack out all trash.
"pack it in, pack it out"
In first aid, CPR stands for these three words.
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
This 1985 comedy follows a disastrous family RV camping trip starring Chevy Chase.
National Lampoon's Vacation
This knot forms a fixed loop and is nicknamed the “rescue knot.”
the square knot
“If I Had a Hammer” was famously performed by this folk trio.
Peter, Paul and Mary
This layer of Earth lies directly beneath the crust.
the mantle
This wilderness emergency shelter is often made from branches and leaves against a fallen log.
lean-to shelter
Jason Voorhees stalks campers at this fictional camp.
Camp Crystal Lake
A group of wolves is called this.
pack
This folk singer wrote and performed “This Land Is Your Land.”
Woody Guthrie
This famous trail stretches over 2,000 miles from Georgia to Maine.
the Appalachian Trail
The Scout motto is “Be…” this.