Scouting History
Scout & Tenderfoot Rank
Merit Badges & Awards
Famous Scouts
"S" is for Scout
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The founder of the modern scouting movement

Lord Baden-Powell

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What the three fingers in the Scout Sign represent

Scout Oath, Scout Law, Outdoor Code

100

This Merit Badge makes you crack open rocks

Geology

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This Eagle Scout became the first man to walk on the moon in 1969

Neil Armstrong

100

The number of ranks in scouting

Seven

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The year scouting was established 

1907 (UK) or 1910 (USA)

200

Earn these items to be able to start fires and use tools such as a knife or saw

Totin' Chip and Firem'n Chit

200

This Merit Badge makes you track your fitness over the course of 12 weeks

Personal Fitness

200

This scout became a basketball star and made his own lineup of shoes

Michael Jordan

200

Use this to immobilize a broken bone

Splint

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The first year girls could join troops and the year Boy Scouts became Scouts BSA

2019

300

A proper Scout handshake should be done with this hand

Left

300

This Merit Badge makes you give a presentation on unique aspects of your community

Citizenship in the Community

300

This scout became an actor, well-known for his roles in Kung Fu Panda and School of Rock

Jack Black

300

This lashing is used to join two beams, making a "+" shape

Square

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The name of the first "Scout Camp"

Brownsea Island

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The main reason you would use a tautline hitch over using two half hitches

The tautline is adjustable and holds weight

400

This Merit Badge makes you design and create a prototype for an invention to solve a real-world problem

Inventing

400

This scout grew up to become a rock singer, writing songs such as Livin' On A Prayer

John Bon Jovi

400

Popularized by its use in a national military, this timeless piece of outdoor equipment with its signature red color is used by scouts worldwide

Swiss Army Knife

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One of the four countries who don't have scouting organizations

Andorra, Cuba, Laos, North Korea

500

What the stars on the First Class badge signify

Truth and Knowledge

500

This Merit Badge makes you model a complex system, such as plumbing, in a house

Model Design & Building

500

This scout became a household name from 1962-1981 as the face of CBS Evening News

Walter Kronkite

500

A property a knot can have that allows it to come fully undone when part of the rope is pulled

Slipped

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