Knots & Lashings
A knot that is used to connect two ropes.
What is a Square Knot (and/or Sheet Bend)?
Three most common types of poisonous plants.
What are poison ivy, oak, and sumac
Object on a map that tells directions.
What is a Compass Rose? (Other: Longitude/Latitude Lines)
The year that the USA gained its independence.
What is 1776?
The direction that a compass points to.
What is North?
The lashing that attaches two staves/poles together perpendicularly.
What is a square lashing?
Tilt head forward a bit, put pressure on bridge (top, bony part) of nose. Additionally add an ice pack on the forehead.
How to immediately treat a bloody nose?
Dotted lines on a map.
What are trails on a map?
The capital of Pennsylvania.
What is Harrisburg?
One of the points of the BSA safe swim guidelines.
What is Qualified Supervision/Personal health review/safe area/lifeguards/lookout/ability groups/buddy system/discipline? (Any one of these answers are acceptable)
The two hitches that start lashings.
What are the clove and timber hitch?
Cut a ring of moleskin with the inner circle being about the same diameter as the wound.
How to treat Blisters?
Lines that tell elevation.
What are contour lines?
In half lengthwise twice, then in triangles, tucking in the extra at the end.
How to fold an American Flag?
A hurry case.
What is Heart Attack/Stroke/Poisoning/Severe Bleeding? (Any one of these answers is ok)
Knot that tightens as you pull.
What is two Half hitches?
The First Task when you see someone lying on the ground, unconscious.
What is check the scene?
A way to tell distance on a map.
What is a map scale?
A way to help your community.
What is community service?
Lashing that is used for making rafts, tables, etc.
What is a table lashing?
Second lashing needed in a weather rock.
What is a square (or shear) lashing?
Weakness/Numbness of leg, arm, or face on one side of the body; slurring/not understanding speech; dizziness/trouble walking; unknown headache.
What are the symptoms of Stroke?
Black boxes on a map, usually small.
What is human work (buildings)?
The best way for ordinary citizens to participate in local, state, and national government.
What is voting?
The year that BSA was founded.
What was 1910?