Math & Logic Puzzles
If a farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 die, this is how many are left.
What is 9?
This night in the last ten days of Ramadan is described in the Qur'an as "better than a thousand months."
What is Laylat al-Qadr?
This is the number of merit badges required to earn Eagle Scout that must come specifically from the "Eagle-required" list.
What is 14?
This is the largest country in the world by land area.
What is Russia?
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
This is the only even prime number.
What is 2?
This 9th-century scholar compiled the hadith collection considered the most authentic
Who is Imam al-Bukhari?
This British Army officer, founded Scouting.
Who is Robert Baden-Powell?
This river, is generally considered the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile?
This is the tallest animal in the world.
What is the giraffe?
This is the next number in the sequence: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, __
What is 42?
This term refers to scholarly consensus, one of the recognized sources of Islamic law alongside the Qur'an and Sunnah.
Ijma
This BSA honor society, founded in 1915
What is the Order of the Arrow
These two countries share the longest international land border in the world.
What are Canada and the United States?
This is the only mammal capable of true, sustained flight.
What is the bat?
This is the sum of all interior angles in a hexagon, in degrees.
What is 720?
This 624 CE battle was the first major military victory for the Muslims of Medina
What is the Battle of Badr?
This is the year the Boy Scouts of America was officially founded.
What is 1910?
This mountain range, running along the western edge of South America, is the longest mountain range in the world above sea level.
What is the Andes?
Which element has the atomic number 79?
Gold
A man has to cross a river with a fox, a chicken, and a bag of grain, taking only one at a time without leaving the fox with the chicken or the chicken with the grain — this is the minimum number of crossings required to get everything across safely.
What is 7?
This 628 CE agreement between the Muslims of Medina and the Quraysh of Mecca established a 10-year truce
What is the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah?
This is the name of the BSA's oldest and largest high-adventure base, located in the mountains of New Mexico.
What is Philmont Scout Ranch?
This African nation is the only one that was never formally colonized by a European power, aside from a brief occupation by Italy.
What is Ethiopia?
Which country has the most time zones in the world?
France