Scouting History
This publisher brought Scouting to the U.S. after an encounter with an English Boy Scout.
Who is W. D. Boyce?
This merit badge was the most popular in 2019, with over 62,000 scouts adding it to their sashes.
What is First Aid?
This Eagle rode in one to go where no man had gone before.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
RICE stands for these points in first aid.
What are rest, ice, compress, and elevate?
This is the fifth rank in Scouting.
What is Star Scout?
Baden-Powell's guidebook, Scouting For Boys, was published in this year.
What is 1908?
This merit badge focuses on giving scouts the tools they need to be financially stable and organize tasks.
What is Personal Management?
This real Life Scout played one in a series of highly successful adventure movies. Fortune and Glory, kid.
Who is Harrison Ford?
These two skills let you repair a fraying rope.
What are whipping and fusing?
This Chess legend authored a column in Boy's Life for three years.
Who is Bobby Fischer?
Baden-Powell’s English Scouts had ten points in their Scout Law. The Boy Scouts of America added these two.
What are brave and reverent?
The counterpart to Sustainability, this merit badge teaches Scouts about ecosystems and symbiosis.
What is Environmental Science?
This President was the only Eagle to occupy the Oval Office.
Who is Gerald Ford?
These are the four steps of attempting a water rescue.
What are reach, throw, row, and go?
The only Tyrannosaurus Rex footprint cast was found at this Scout Camp.
What is Philmont Scout Ranch?
Before founding Scouting, Baden-Powell was known for fighting in this war.
What is the Boer War?
With a disappointing 453 merit badges awarded in 2019, this merit badge was the least earned of the 137.
What is Bugling?
This Eagle started what is now the largest company in the world.
Who is Sam Walton?
This insect's stings are alkaline and can be treated with vinegar.
What is a wasp?
This country has the largest Scouting program in the world.
What is Indonesia?
This country is the only one that has never had a Scouting program.
What is Vatican City?
Much to the chagrin of almond farmers, this merit badge was discontinued in 1954.
What is Nut Culture?
This Scout gained fame as "The Radioactive Boy Scout" when he built a neutron source in his backyard.
Who is David Hahn?
This is the act of assigning priority in a perilous situation.
What is triage?
This well-known illustrator designed the first 12 merit badges.
Who is Norman Rockwell?