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Boy Scouts of America change its name to Scouts BSA in this year.
What is 2019?
Appropriately named, this is the first rank an individual earns in Scouting.
What is Scout Rank?
The current minimum number of merit badges required to earn the rank of Eagle.
What is 21?
This is the standard color of epaulette worn by Scouts BSA members.
What is green?
This will help a Scout tie two pieces of rope that are different widths together.
What is the Sheet Bend?
The Boy Scouts of America was originally founded in this year.
What is 1910?
These are the last two steps listed in the handbook that a Scout must take to advance in Rank.
What is a Scoutmaster Conference and Board of Review?
Of the total number of merit badges to earn Eagle, this many are specified as "Eagle Required."
What is 13?
This position on the Scouts BSA uniform is reserved for the Cub Scout Arrow of Light badge.
What is below the left pocket?
Used at the beginning and end of any lashing, it holds the wraps together with its distinctive "X" pattern.
What is the Clove Hitch?
This British officer created the Boy Scout Association in the UK in 1908.
Who is Lord Robert Baden-Powell?
Up until 1927, Eagle was not a rank but an award bestowed upon Scouts of this Rank for earning a specified number of merit badges.
What is First Class Rank?
An expected skill of any Scout, this merit badge is earned more than any other.
What is First Aid?
Featuring the fleur-de-lis on a purple circle, this patch is worn on the uniform of every branch of Scouting all over the world.
What is the World Crest?
Appropriately named, this knot is commonly used to drag logs to the camp fire.
What is the Timber Hitch?
Now referred to as the Scouting Handbook, a first edition copy of the manual would be found under this title.
What is Scouting for Boys?
A very prestigious accomplishment, only this percent of eligible Scouts have earned Scouting’s highest honor of Eagle Scout since its inception in 1912.
What is 2%?
Outside of those that are Eagle-required, this merit badge tops the most popular chart due to its inclusion in most summer camps (sometimes in a little as six minutes).
What is Fingerprinting?
Commonly referred to as a Class B, this colorful t-shirt is known to Scouting by this official name.
What is the Activity Uniform?
This "rescue knot" is used to hoist people up and away from dangerous situations, not just rabbits who have fallen out of trees.
What is the Bowline?
This American newspaper man brought Scouting to the USA after receiving directions from an unknown scout on a foggy street in London.
Who is William D. Boyce?
The knot at the base of the First Class badge is a reminder to its ranks of this important Scouting principle.
What is "Do a Good Turn Daily"?
A Scout that has earned every merit badge would have trouble fitting them on his sash, as there are this many in total.
What is 137?
Commonly referred to as a Class A, this traditional uniform is known to Scouting by this official name.
What is the Field Uniform?
The term used to refer to the space created between a loop or bight in knots.
What is Eye?