Important Scout Dates
The date the BSA was founded.
What is Feb. 8, 1910?
The founder of the Scout movement.
Who is Robert Baden-Powell?
Used for tying two lengths of rope together.
What is the Square knot?
The best thing to use when putting out a fire.
What is water?
The date the BSA created its first official publication.
What is March 1, 1930?
The founder of the Boy Scouts of America.
This adjustable knot is commonly used for securing tents or tarps.
What is the Taut-Line Hitch?
The three most common structures for a fire.
What are teepee, log cabin, and lean-to?
The date the first troop of Boy Scouts was organized.
What is October 15, 1910?
One of the founders of the OA.
Who is Eldridge Urner Goodman or Carroll A. Edson?
This knot is used to secure a rope to a post or a tree.
What is the Clove Hitch?
Fires of any kind are put out using one of these three methods.
What are cooling, starvation, or smothering?
The date the BSA established the Sea Scouting program.
What is October 1, 1944?
First Eagle Scout in the BSA.
Who is Arthur S. Eldred?
This knot creates a fixed loop at the end of a rope.
What is the Bowline Knot?
The five most common ways to light a fire.
What are matches, lighter, flint and steel, magnifying glass, and bow drill?
The date the BSA received a federal charter.
What is June 15, 1916?
The first Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America.
Who is James E. West?
A good way to shorten a rope or take up slack without cutting it.
What is the Sheep Shank
The four stages of fire.
What are the Incipient Stage, Growth Stage, Fully Developed Stage, and Decay Stage?