SCOUTING BADGES
UNIVERSITIES
HALLOWEEN
IN THIS CORNER
HAIR
200
In 2025 Scouting America released a Scoutly Chatbot, teaching skills in Cybersecurity and this.
What is AI?
200
At Harvard, students destress by participating in the "Primal Scream" tradition, the night prior to this event.
What are finals?
200
He's the title character of The Nightmare Before Christmas. He's hard to miss at Hot Topic, too!
Who is Jack Skellington?
200
It's a relevant term for a small retail shop that stocks everyday items. In NYC, they're called bodegas!
What are corner stores?
200
The name of this fairy tale girl who breaks into the home of the 3 bears suggests her hair color.
Who is Goldilocks?
400
The most common badge, with reqs including Bleeding Wounds & Moving a Patient.
What is First Aid?
400
The University of Cambridge, UK, holds the most laureates, or receivers of this, at over 100 graduates.
What is a Nobel Prize?
400
This Italian chocolate and hazelnut confection is culturally aligned with Christmas stockings than trick-or-treating.
What is Ferrero Rocher?
400
The corner kick is a method of returning the ball in this game. To score with one in this sport is an Olympic goal.
What is soccer?
400
What's with hair & fairy tale girls? "Let down your hair" is a line from the story about this fairy tale girl.
What is Rapunzel?
600
2.8 million scouts have become this highest rank in the Scouts BSA, earning 21 merit badges.
What is an Eagle Scout?
600
Though not official, the Floating University of Berlin teaches biodiversity and social justice by reclaiming this hydrographical feature.
What is a basin / watershed?
600
Calyptra, or this more common name, are blood drinkers, even thought of being capable of drinking blood through human skin.
What are vampire moths?
600
These alcoves are well reputed for their tasteful use in kitchen corners.
What are breakfast nooks?
600
One myth says it was her who changed Meduas' hair into snakes.
Who is Athena?
800
What would summer camps be without a scout practicing 4-note "Taps" in the evenings to get this badge?
What is Bugling?
800
The University of Al Quaraouiyine, the oldest operating university at 859 AD, stands in Fez of this country.
What is Morocco?
800
In the Welsh legend Hwch Ddu Gwta (Huggh Vi Guzta) - a tailless, black, and this term for mother pig, chases the last person to leave dying bonfires.
What is a sow?
800
The Rumble in the Jungle, the heavyweight championship match, occurred in Kinshasa, Zaire (now this country).
What is the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
800
Members of the Khalsa order of this religion follow a command to never cut their hair.
What is Sikhism?
1000
Then known as "Atomic Energy," the Nuclear Science badge spurred 17 year-old David Hahn to make a one of these at home.
What is a nuclear reactor?
1000
If students at this university complete their phys-ed reqs by taking archery, sailing, fencing, and pistol-shooting, they are also granted a Pirate's License.
What is MIT?
1000
Costume up as this character, Japan's first TV superhero.
Who is Moonlight Mask / Moonbeam Man?
1000
Cornershop's hit single "Brimful of Asha" became a critical success after being remixed by this big beat DJ.
Who is Fatboy Slim / Norman Quentin?
1000
The name of this poufy hairstyle comes from the French for "to puff".
What is a bouffant?