Basics
It’s a 10-letter word for a newbie as well as the second rank in Scouts BSA
What is a Tenderfoot?
An adjective in the Boy Scout Law, it means not wasteful with money.
What is Thrifty?
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?
That’s a GPS unit on the badge for this new 10-letter orienteering hobby.
What is Geo-caching?
Since 1974, mulch from this annual Rockefeller Center sight has gone to Scouts to use as ground cover in camps.
What is the Christmas Tree?
It’s a large, festive gathering, often of Scouts nationwide or worldwide.
What is a jamboree?
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?
If you can describe a float, trap and drainpipe, you’re on your way to a badge in this field.
What is Plumbing?
This practice, also done by film editors, joins two ropes & makes them almost as strong as the original ones.
What is splicing?
When asked “For what?” with regard to this motto of the Boy Scouts, Robert Baden-Powell said, “Why, for any old thing.”
What is Be Prepared?
Immaculate is a synonym for this word that can precede “getaway” or a “sweep.”
What is Clean?
In 1928, Boy Scout Paul Siple was chosen to go along on this admiral’s Antarctic expedition.
Who is Richard Byrd?
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?
From the French for summoning, it’s the practice of a Scout safely lowering himself down a mountainside.
What is rappelling?
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 logo features an eagle on this French-named item, a stylized lily.
What is a fleur-de-lis?
In the early 1920s he briefly served as a scoutmaster for an Oxford, Mississippi, Boy Scout troop.
Who is William Faulkner?
Making a plankton net and drawing a trench and seamount are two steps to your Boy Scout merit badge in this.
What is Oceanography?
In 1907, the first four groups in this organization started in England were the Bulls, the Wolves, the Curlews & the Ravens.
What are the Scout Patrol Names?
When Scouts swim safely, they use this system in which one Scout looks out for the other & vice versa.
What is the Buddy System?
In 1995, some Boy Scouts in Wisconsin produced a Guinness-record 2,377-pound one of these.
What is a Popcorn Ball?
For an incredible 50 years, 1926-76, he illustrated the official Boy Scout calendar.
Who is Norman Rockwell?
To qualify for a Bugling merit badge, a Scout must know 15 calls, including this one sounded at the end of the day.
What is Taps?
The Scouts BSA’s highest award for service is “The Silver” one of these Plains animals.
What is Buffalo?