Scouting 101
This is a name for a leader or adult in Cub Scouts, based on "The Jungle Book"
Who is Akela?
The person credited with founding Boys Scouts.
Who is Lord Baden Powell?
That’s a GPS unit on the badge for this new 10-letter orienteering hobby.
What is Geocaching?
Commonly used to turn kindling into tinder, you need a Totin' Chip to carry one in Scouts BSA.
What is a pocketknife?
Why couldn't the Scouts find the missing playing card?
It got lost in the shuffle
What is the first rank in Cub Scouts that all age levels earn, with the exception of Lion?
What is Bobcat?
When asked “For what?” with regard to this motto of the Boy Scouts, Robert Baden-Powell said, “Why, for any old thing.”
What is Be Prepared?
This practice, also done by film editors, joins two ropes & makes them almost as strong as the original ones.
What is splicing?
A clove hitch is useful in camping; tie a rope to your sack of food, which you’ll hang high to make this alliterative “bag.”
What is a bear bag?
How can you tell when a Scout has earned the Cooking Merit Badge?
He makes good use of his thyme
This person in the Troop is in charge of the overall Troop, and is responsible for running meetings and events, as well as other duties.
Who is the Senior Patrol Leader?
The first Scout to go on to be the president was this man who, in a youthful letter to his father Joe, asked for a bigger allowance to buy canteens and other Scout supplies.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
When Scouts swim safely, they use this system in which one Scout looks out for the other & vice versa.
What is the buddy system?
Used with a map in an anaolg method of charting your course.
What is a compass?
What is the favorite food at the National Jamboree?
Jambo-lya
How many ranks are there in the Scouts BSA, and what are they?
What is 7, Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star, Life, Eagle?
Arthur C. Clarke, Alex Haley & John Knowles have written for this 90-year-old Scouting publication.
What is Boys' Life/ Scouts Life?
From the French for summoning, it’s the practice of a Scout safely lowering himself down a mountainside.
What is rappelling?
Used to split fuel into kindling, and to split logs into fuel.
What is an axe?
What did the quarterback say to the Scouts?
Hike!
t’s a large, festive gathering, often of Boy Scouts nationwide.
What is a Jamboree?
This Eagle Scout film director depicted Indiana Jones as a Boy Scout in “The Last Crusade.”
Who is Steven Spielberg?
A goal of the Boy Scouts is to foster this 15-letter word through activities like fishing, hiking & canoeing.
What is outdoorsmanship?
The 6 basic knots every Scout should know:
What are the square knot, bowline, clove hitch, sheet bend, two half hitch, and the taut line?
What wears a uniform and floats in the water?
A buoy Scout!