Eagle-required merit badges
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Merit Badges
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What denotes a merit badge as an eagle required?

a white border

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Who founded BSA

William Boyce

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Who is often artibuted with creating boy scouts?

Baden Powell

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Is Bill Gates a boy scout?

Yes


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How many merit badges are needed to get two silver eagle palms?

51

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How many eagle-required merit badges are there?

18

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When did scouts come to the US?

1910

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How many Ranks are there in scouts?

7

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What rank did Ryan Reynolds reach in Boy Scouts?

Eagle Scout

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How are non-eagle merit badges denoted?

With a green border

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You can either do e-prep or this merit badge

Life saving

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When was Philmont founded?

1938

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What is the Scout motto?

Do a good Turn Daily

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How many presidents were in BSA in their youth?

6

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In this merit badge a scout must make their own shelter and sleep in it.

Wilderness survival

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How many months over all do you need to record for all the eagle required merit badges?

9 months

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This merit badge only existed for 4 years and only ten people got it.

Inventing 

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What are the five basic knots taught from scout to 2nd class?

Square, two half hitches, taut-line, sheet bend, and bowline 

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Of the 24 Astronauts who flew to the moon, how many were Boy Scouts

20 of 24

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How many merit badges are there

138

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of the 29 individual requirements(ex: 1a,b,c are three of them) within the Camping merit badge do you need to do?

all 29

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How many of the original 57 merit badges are still in use?

26

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What percentage of merit badges must be done to get eagle (of the total merit badges)?

15%

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Who was the only president to be an Eagle Scout? 

Gerald Ford
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How many merit badges had their requirements updated in 2024?

30