Scout History
The Founder of Boy Scouts
Who is Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden Powell?
Used to combine two ropes together
What is The Square Knot?
Type of lashing used to bind spars or poles together, to prevent racking
What is Diagonal Lashing?
Number of Boy Scout Ranks
What are 7 ranks?
The venomous snakes of Maryland
What are timber rattlesnakes and copperheads?
When the Boy Scouts of America was founded
What is 1910?
The primary "Rescue Knot"
What is The Bowline?
Used to lash the the ends of two poles together
What is Shear Lashing?
The scout badge with an eagle on it
What is the first class scout badge?
The acronym used for treating sprained ankles
What is RICE?
Was led through the Thick London Fog in the middle of the night, later brought scouting to America
Who is William Dickinson "W.D." Boyce?
One of the most commonly used binding knots
What is the Clove Hitch?
What type of rope is best to fuse rather than whip?
What is nylon or paracord?
Which hand do we use for the Boy Scout handshake?
What is the left hand?
A trail that zigzags up a hillside to reduce erosion
What is a switchback?
Where The BSA National Headquarters is Located
What is (Irving) Texas? 1325 Walnut Hill Lane P.O. Box 152079 Irving, Texas 75015-2079
Used to shorten a rope without cutting it
What is The Sheepshank?
Used for binding together two poles that are at right angles, or square with on another.
What is Square Lashing?
The scout slogan
What is do a good turn daily?
The right side of a boat
What is starboard?
This was the Famous African City defended by Baden-Powell
What is Mafeking?
A very good knot for tying together two ropes of the same or different diameters.
What is The Sheet Bend?
The knot that is used to start off a diagonal lashing
What is a timber hitch?
The names of all the scout ranks
What are Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star, Life, and Eagle?
The stone used to sharpen a knife
What is a whetstone?