First Aid
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BSA Basics
Troop 16 History
Potpourri
100

Band Aids, gauze, moleskin, tweezers, and adhesive tape. 

What items should go in a First Aid kit?

100

This award grants a Scout the right to carry matches and build campfires.

What is the "Firem'n Chit"?

100

This electronic device shows where you are anywhere in the world through the use of satellite signals. 

What is a "Global Positioning System" or "GPS"?
100

"Be Prepared"

What is the Scout Motto?

100

1960

What year was Troop 16 founded?

100

These two school mascots battle every Thanksgiving in a football game that is known to be the oldest running sports rivalry in the United States. 

What is a bear and a bulldog?

200

This object should be used as a last-resort to stop severe bleeding. 

What is a tourniquet? 

200

This rule states that you should only use dead and downed wood, to only existing fire rings, and be certain all wood and campfire debris is "dead out". 

What is "Minimize Campfire Impacts"?

200

This handheld tool tells you the direction that you are heading in.

What is a "Compass"?

200

"Do a Good Turn Daily"

What is the Scout Slogan?

200

This campsite is where Troop 16 has camped for over 40 years in Camp Three Point, and used to take up the entire area from the Mess Hall to Ashaway Aquatics.

What is "Campsite Frontier"?

200

This 1980 film, directed by Irvin Kershner, was the 5th episode in the franchise and features scenes with a little green puppet.  

What is "The Empire Strikes Back"?

300

This injury occurs when a person's broken bone pierces the skin.

What is a compound fracture?

300

This type or category of firewood is the width of a pencil and the length from the tip of your pinky to your thumb. Also an app that you don't want to find your parents on.

What is "tinder"?

300

You can use either of these constellations to help find the North Star.

What are "Ursa Major" or "Ursa Minor"?

300

This set of rules asks us to do our best to respect and take care of our environment.

What is the "Outdoor Code"?

300

Born Prepared.

What is the Troop 16 Motto?

300

This pop star enjoys having 4th of July parties at her mansion in Watch Hill, which used to be called "The Harkness House"

Who is Taylor Swift?

400

Face drooping, Arm weakness, Slurred speech, and Time is Critical!

What is FAST, the signs of a Stroke?

400

This type of fire is the best for providing scouts with heat and light.

What is a "teepee"?

400

This method of positioning a map results in the map being lined up with the terrain so that it corresponds with the ground it's representing. 

What is "Orienting a Map"?

400

This knot resembles the "Thief Knot" and is used for various tasks; including tying two ropes together and also closing a sailor's pack.

What is the "Square Knot"?

400

39 as of 2024.

How many Troop 16 Eagle Scouts have there been?
400

This site burned down in 1998 due to some scouts not practicing the 2nd rule of the Outdoor Code. 

What is "Camp Kitchtau"?

500

This amount of time is critical to ensuring the survival of a person who has experienced a traumatic injury.

What is 60 minutes, or the "Golden Hour"?

500

This method of fire starting began during the Iron Age, and involves processes such as pyrophoricity and oxidization.

What is "flint and steel"?

500

This point is the direction that the compass needle points to and can shift over time.

What is "Magnetic North"?

500

This young English boy helped publisher W.D. Boyce find his way in the London fog, refused a tip, and told him that a Scout does a "Good Turn Daily".

Who is the "Unknown Scout"?
500

Only the second Scoutmaster in Troop 16 history, he managed the troop until handing over the reigns to Mr. Martinez in 2006.

Who is Mr. DePerry, or "Mr. D"?

500

Lions, Tigers, Wolves, and Bears. 

What are the Cub Scout Ranks?

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