Scouting History
OA History
U.S. History
100

This man founded the Scouting Movement.

Who was Lord Baden Powell?

100

This was the camp in Pennsylvania that the Order of the Arrow was founded.

Treasure Island

100

This was the first Battle of the Civil War

The Battle of Manassas/Bull Run (U.S. Senate)

200
The first, and so far only, President of the United States to be an Eagle Scout.

President Gerald R. Ford

200

These were the founders of the Order of the Arrow.

E. Urner Goodman and Carrol A. Edson

200

This infamous man was the President of the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy/the South).

Jefferson Davis

300

This person was the individual who brought Scouting to the United States in 1911.

Who was William D. Boyce?

300

The language of the ceremonies is written in this dead indigenous language?

Lenni Lenape

300

This President coined the term "Speak softly and carry a big stick."

President Theodore Roosevelt

400

This was the first person to achieve the Eagle Scout rank.

Arthur R. Eldred

400

Recite the Obligation from memory.

I do hereby promise on my honor as a Scout, that I will always and faithfully observe and preserve the traditions of the Order of the Arrow, WIMACHTENDIENK, WINGOLAUCHSIK, WITAHEMUI. I will always regard the ties of brotherhood in the Order of the Arrow, as lasting, and will seek to preserve a cheerful spirit even in the midst of irksome tasks and weighty responsibilities, and will endeavor, so far as in my power lies, to be unselfish in service and devotion to the welfare of others.

400

This major world crisis during the 1960s brought the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the brink of nuclear war.

The Cuban Missile Crisis

500

This man was the first Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America. His dedication to the program led to the creation of an award in his honor.

Who was James E. West

500

This many lodges are in the Order of the Arrow currently.

approximately, the closest answer wins

300

500

This man was the first Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Father, and has a musical in his name.

Alexander Hamilton