Water + Food
Name one way to collect water
What is… collecting rainwater, collecting due, plant precipitation or an underground still
How to identify a beach tree
What is… white bark
What are the main types of structures you can build in the woods?
What are… tree tents (tarps), lean-to yurts, hammocks or tents
What is a pneumonic to remember the way the directions go?
What is N, E, S, W (Never Eat Soggy Waffles)
Where can you build a fire?
What is… a flat place with little tinder or around sand?
Where is the safest place to get water
What is… any flowing water source
How to identify an ash tree
What is… a diamond pattern
What is the easiest tent to set up?
What is… a regular tent/hammock?
What is True North?
What is… where the North Pole actually is… it’s 13* to the left in NYC
What is… tinder, kindling and firewood?
What is… bright colors
How to stay safe when seeing a black bear
What is… Making yourself big and make loud noises if approached
What is the heaviest shelter?
What is… a tent?
What is one way to tell where you’re going without a compass?
What is… looking for physical landmarks and orienting your map!
What are the three techniques you can make a fire?
What is… a cone, a log cabin or a pyramid
Where can you find bugs?
What is… near wet ares, under rocks and in soil
How to stay safe when seeing a grizzly/brown bear
What is… playing dead
Which shelter requires two trees?
What is one way to tell where you’re going with a compass?
What is… a bearing?
Name two ways to light a fire (extra 100 pts if you can name them all!)
What is… Matches, an electrical lighter or steel & flint
Name one plant that you can eat in the wild
What are… dandelions, Asparagus, nettle, or clovers
How to avoid bugs inside your tent?
What is… spraying it with DEET and zip the door!
Which shelter is the easiest to dismantle?
What is… a yurt?
How can you tell what is a mile on a map?
What is… the length of your thumb and index finger (roughly)
How do you put out a fire?
What is… dousing it in sand or water!