Fire and Totin'
Beyond the Troop
Troop Lore
Merit Badges
Young Bulls
200
Reward for learning basic fire building and safety

What is the Fire'm Chit?

200

Council that Troop 97 is located in

What is Cradle of Liberty

200

Name of an assistant scout master

Who is (name an ASM, I'm not listing them here)

200
An eagle required merit badge

What is (valid eagle required merit badge, I'm not listing them here)

200

Oldest ACTIVE youth scout in the troop

Who is Darwin McMackin

400
Basic rule for handing off a knife

What is receiving acknowledgement from the receiver

400

District that Troop 97 is located in

What is Washington District
400

Year that the troop was founded

What was 1984

400

A citizenship badge

What is Citizenship in Society, Community, World, or Nation

400
Our youngest patrol leader in the 2025-2026 scouting year
Who is Logan Alden
600
All different levels of fuel (four types

What are tinder, kindling, small fuel, large fuel

600

Scouting's national honor society

What is the Order of the Arrow
600

Preceding patrol names (not including senior patrol)

Unnamed, Anonomites, Leeroy Jenkins
600

A merit badge taught primarily by one of our troop members at Goose Pond in 2025

What is Small Boat Sailing (Samuel) Cycling (Darwin) Cooking or Wilderness Survival (Greg)

600

YOUR patrol's preceding patrol leader

Who is Everret (BB) Robert (CC) 

800
Safest way to hold a saw or axe

What is holding it by your leg, sharp pointing out

800

Another scouting program

What is sea Scouts, Venturing, Exploring, or Cub Scouts

800

Last two high adventure trips the Troop went on

What is Norway and Philmont

800

A badge requiring analyzing interactions through the day, presentations, and media

What is Communications Merit Badge

800

Planner of the Norway high adventure.

Who is Corbin Larsen

1000

Tool used primarily for limbing (taking limbs off trees)

What is a hatchet

1000
Cancelled scouting program

What is Varsity Scouts, or Air Scouts

1000

Origin of the nickname "Trop 97"

What is Benjamin Evans misspelling Troop on a backpacking trip

1000
CURRENT exact number of available merit badges

What is 141

1000

Last year's Order of the Arrow representative

Who is Alexander Ghibilic