Scouting Abbreviations
International Scouting
Cub Scouts
Scouting Skills
Troop 172
200

NESA

National Eagle Scout Association

200

The estimated number of scouts worldwide

50 million

200

The first rank in Cub Scouts

Bobcat

200

The three types of wood to make a fire

Tinder, Kindling, Fuel

200

Troop 172s first scoutmaster

Kim Jackson

400

ILST

Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops

400

What uniform part is common among all international troops?

Neckerchief

400

The two colors that represent cub scouting in the USA

Blue and Gold

400

Something used to keep a broken limb (arm/leg) stable

A splint

400

The year the troop was founded

2019

600

OA

Order of the Arrow

600

When was boy scouts brought to the US?

1910

600

When did cub scouts start using the Scout Oath and Law?

2015

600

These types of lines are found on a map

Contour lines

600

First troop members that are still part of the troop

Esther, Maddie and Emma

800
BOR

Board of Review

800

The amount of countries worldwide that DO NOT have scouting

5 countries (Cuba, North Korea, Laos, Andorra & Vatican City)

800

Cub scouts race these wooden cars

Pinewood Derby

800

You can last in the wilderness for 3 weeks without this

Food

800

The eleventh "essential"

Kazoo

1000

WOSM

World Organization of the Scouting Movement

1000

This country has more scouts than any other country

Indonesia (21.6 million members)

1000

The Cub Scout Sign is made by holding up this many fingers

Two (like a Wolf's ears)

1000

In First Aid the method for treating sprains (RICE)

Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation

1000

The first patrol name

Fire-breathing Dragons