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Building a Fire
100

Name one way to collect water

What is… collecting rainwater, collecting due, plant precipitation or an underground still

100

How to identify a beach tree

What is… white bark

100

What are the main types of structures you can build in the woods?

What are… tree tents (tarps), lean-to yurts, hammocks or tents

100

What is a pneumonic to remember the way the directions go?

What is N, E, S, W (Never Eat Soggy Waffles)

100

Where can you build a fire?

What is… a flat place with little tinder or around sand?

200

Where is the safest place to get water

What is… any flowing water source

200

How to identify an ash tree

What is… a diamond pattern 

200

What is the easiest tent to set up?

What is… a regular tent/hammock?

200

What is True North?

What is… where the North Pole actually is… it’s 13* to the left in NYC

200
What are the three parts of a fire?

What is… tinder, kindling and firewood?

300
How to tell if a food is poisonous 

What is… bright colors 

300

How to stay safe when seeing a black bear

What is… Making yourself big and make loud noises if approached

300

What is the heaviest shelter?

What is… a tent?

300

What is one way to tell where you’re going without a compass?

What is… looking for physical landmarks and orienting your map!

300

What are the three techniques you can make a fire?

What is… a cone, a log cabin or a pyramid

400

Where can you find bugs?

What is… near wet ares, under rocks and in soil

400

How to stay safe when seeing a grizzly/brown bear

What is… playing dead

400

Which shelter requires two trees?

What is… a Tarp?
400

What is one way to tell where you’re going with a compass?

What is… a bearing?

400

Name two ways to light a fire (extra 100 pts if you can name them all!)

What is… Matches, an electrical lighter or steel & flint

500

Name one plant that you can eat in the wild

What are… dandelions, Asparagus, nettle, or clovers

500

How to avoid bugs inside your tent?

What is… spraying it with DEET and zip the door!

500

Which shelter is the easiest to dismantle?

What is… a yurt?

500

How can you tell what is a mile on a map?

What is… the length of your thumb and index finger (roughly)

500

How do you put out a fire?

What is… dousing it in sand or water!