A Scout is...
Terms
Merit Badges
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Scout Skills
100

“On my honor” this oath says to “help other people at all times.”

The Scout Oath

100

Kangaroos & gorillas gather in these groups (as do Boy Scouts)

Troops

100

That’s a GPS unit on the badge for this new 10-letter orienteering hobby.

Geocaching MB

100

The Robotics merit badge depicts this planet, but you can earn it on Earth.

Mars

100

The Guinness record for knot-tying measures the fastest time for tying the six knots listed in this handbook.

The Boy Scout Handbook

200

Immaculate is a synonym for this word that can precede “getaway” or a “sweep.”

Clean

200

A 10-letter word for a newbie as well as the second rank in Boy Scouts

Tenderfoot

200

To qualify for a Bugling merit badge, a Scout must know 15 calls, including this one sounded at the end of the day.

Taps

200

The Boy Scouts of America headquarters is in this state where all of George Strait’s exes live

Texas

200

For a Boy Scout, it’s the tie that binds

A Square Knot

300

An adjective in the Boy Scout Law, it means not wasteful with money

Thrifty

300

A large, festive gathering, often of Boy Scouts nationwide

Jamboree

300

To receive the badge for this activity, you join two metal plates and inscribe your initials.

Welding Merit Badge

300

Since 1974, mulch from this holiday Rockefeller Center sight has gone to Boy Scouts to use as ground cover in camps.

The Christmas tree

300

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.”

A Bear Bag

400

This synonym for “amiable” linked with a comic book ghost.

Friendly

400

When Scouts swim safely, they use this system in which one Scout looks out for the other & vice versa.

The buddy system

400

The “S-A-R” on the badge created in 2012 stands for this lifesaving process.

Search And Rescue

400

California’s Boy Scout Camp Winton is near a gold-bearing area called “the Mother Lode” in the foothills of this mountain range.

The Sierra Nevada

400

This practice, also done by film editors, joins two ropes & makes them almost as strong as the original ones.

Splicing

500

When asked “For what?” with regard to this motto of the Boy Scouts, Robert Baden-Powell said, “Why, for any old thing.”

Be Prepared

500

A goal of the Boy Scouts is to foster this 15-letter word through activities like fishing, hiking & canoeing.

Outdoorsmanship

500

Making a plankton net and drawing a trench and seamount are two steps to your Boy Scout merit badge in this.

Oceanography MB

500

Ape Cave in this state is named for the St. Helen’s Apes, the local Boy Scout troop who first explored it.

Washington

500

From the French for summoning, it’s the practice of a Scout safely lowering himself down a mountainside.

Rappelling

600

"As an American, I will do my best to be clean in my outdoor manners, be careful with fire, be considerate in the outdoors, and be conservation-minded"

What is The Outdoor Code?

600

This was once a braided cord worn by Boy Scouts; it’s now a wasteful project that often involves graft.

A boondoggle

600

If you can describe a float, trap and drainpipe, you’re on your way to a badge in this field.

Plumbing MB

600

In 1995, some Boy Scouts in Wisconsin produced a Guinness-record 2,377-pound one of these.

A popcorn ball

600

Draw a Log Cabin, Lean-To, or Teepee Fire in 30 seconds

Log Cabin--criss cross wood flats on top of each other. Lean To--One long piece with others leaning on it. Teepee--Teepee half open