General
When Scouts swim safely, they use this system in which one Scout looks out for the other & vice versa.
What is the Buddy System?
This is the person who leads the Scout into earning a merit badge.
Who is the merit badge counselor?
The Scouts BSA Motto
What is Be Prepared?
Immaculate is a synonym for this word that can precede “getaway” or a “sweep.”
What is clean?
This is the number of Scout BSA ranks a youth can earn.
What is 7?
It’s a large, festive gathering, often of BSA Scouts nationwide.
What is Jamboree?
If you can describe a float, trap and drainpipe, you’re on your way to a badge in this field.
What is Plumbing?
For a Scouts BSA Scout, it’s the tie that binds.
What is the square knot?
This synonym for “amiable” linked with a comic book ghost.
What is friendly?
This Eagle Scout film director depicted Indiana Jones as a Boy Scout in “The Last Crusade.”
Who is Steven Spielberg?
The Boy Scouts logo features an eagle on this French-named item, a stylized lily.
What is a fleur-de-lis?
To qualify for a Bugling merit badge, a Scout must know 15 calls, including one sounded at the end of the day.
What is Taps?
“On my honor” this oath says to “help other people at all times.”
What is the Scout Oath?
A BSA youth protection policy when adults and Scouts are in the presence of each other.
What is two deep leadership?
A goal of the Boy Scouts is to foster this 15-letter word through activities like fishing, hiking & canoeing.
What is outdoorsmanship?
Arthur C. Clarke, Alex Haley & John Knowles have written for this 90-year-old Scouting publication.
What is Boys’ Life?
That’s a GPS unit on the badge for this 10-letter orienteering hobby.
What is Geocaching?
An adjective in the Scouts BSA Law, it means not wasteful with money.
What is thrifty?
The Boy Scouts of America headquarters is in this state where all of George Strait’s exes live.
Where is Texas?
Of 10, 21 or 25, the number of merit badges a Scout needs to qualify for the rank of Eagle Scout.
What is 21?
The Boy Scouts of America’s highest award for service is “The Silver” one of these Plains animals.
What is Buffalo?
Making a plankton net and drawing a trench and seamount are two steps to your Boy Scout merit badge in this.
What is Oceanography?
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.”
What is a bear bag?
The first Scout to go on to be the president was this man who, in a youthful letter to his father Joe, asked for a bigger allowance to buy canteens and other Scout supplies.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
It’s a 10-letter word for a newbie as well as the second rank in Scouts BSA.
What is Tenderfoot?