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Knots

100

The basic use of a square knot

What is tying two loose ends together?

200

Knot that can be tied using only one hand and a taught end

What is EVERY single-rope knot?

300

This knot is the more secure knot out of bowline and taughtline. (DO NOT physically tie this knot to test it right now)

What is a bowline?

400

The symbolism of a woggle

What would you call the way that both of a woggle's ends are hidden to represent the neverending journey of scouting?

500

Each patrol send one scout up to tie a knot.

What is a windsor knot (tie)?

Flag Calls & Troop Calls

100

The name of the group of people who call at flag ceremonies and carry and raise the flag.

What does "color guard" mean?

200

The number of color guards that should be on each flag

What is "three on each flag"?

300

The proper order of our patrols, from left to right (from SPL's point of view).

What is Cacti, Wildcats, Serpents, Hawks.

400

If you were a Troop Leader, you would use these guidelines to decide whether you would call "troop attention" or use scout signs (name three guidelines)

What is 1) how spread out your troop is 2) how urgent the matter is 3) where you are

500

This is a normal troop meeting calling. Some lines may not be standard in our troop, but are correct. Spot the error: 1. Troop Attention! May the audience please rise. 2. Please remove all coats and hats. 3. Color Guard, advance! 4. Color Guard, prepare to retrieve the colors. 5. Scout sign! May those not in uniform please place their right hand over their heart. 6. Please repeat with me the Scout Oath and Law. 7. [recite scout oath and law] 8. Color Guard, retire the colors. 9. Tu. 10. Color Guard, dismissed. 11. Troop and Audience, dismissed.

What is "Color Guard, retire the colors"?

Firemaking&Safety

100

The minimum radius of a fire ring.

What is 5ft?

200

The names for the three sizes of wood used in firemaking, from smallest to largest.

What is "Kindling", "Tinder", and "Fuel"?

300

Three different firebuilding structures and how to build them

What are 1) Lean-To 2) Teepee 3) Log Cabin 4) Council Fire 5 Hunter's Fire ?

400

Three things that a fire provides that are always essential when lost in the wilderness for over a day

What are Light, Warmth, and Hope?

500

Three reasons why the use of white gas is not encouraged in starting fires in Boy Scouts

What is 1) wilderness survival skills 2) waste of materials 3) to an extent, safety 4) character building ?

Emails & Rank Advancement

100

The first seven boy scout ranks

What is "scout, tenderfoot, second class, first class, star, life, eagle"?

200

It is the way to respectfully address adults or superiors in an email.

Why do we start many of our emails with "Dear"?

300

The person to email for setting up a BOR

Who is Mrs. Janet Yau?

400

Some of the differences between the first through fourth BSA ranks and the fifth through seventh ranks.

What is 1) The later ranks usually take much longer to complete 2) The early ranks are focused on knowledge, whereas the later ranks are focused on experience and leadership 3) The early ranks' requirements can be signed off by any scout of Star rank or higher, whereas later ranks' requirements can only be signed off by Mr. Chang. 4) The early ranks usually have SMCs during campouts, whereas the later ranks usually have SMCs in buildings. ?

500

Name one merit badge starting with every letter of the alphabet except Q, U, X, Y, Z

What is American Business American Cultures American Heritage American Labor Animal Science Archaeology Archery Architecture and Landscape Architecture Art Astronomy Athletics Automotive Maintenance Aviation Backpacking Basketry Bird Study Bugling Camping Canoeing Chemistry Chess Citizenship in the Community Citizenship in the Nation Citizenship in the World Climbing Coin Collecting Collections Communication Composite Materials Computers Cooking Crime Prevention Cycling Dentistry Digital Technology Disabilities Awareness Dog Care Drafting Electricity Electronics Emergency Preparedness Energy Engineering Entrepreneurship Environmental Science Family Life Farm Mechanics Fingerprinting Fire Safety First Aid Fish and Wildlife Management Fishing Fly-Fishing Forestry Game Design Gardening Genealogy Geocaching Geology Golf Graphic Arts Hiking Home Repairs Horsemanship Indian Lore Insect Study Inventing Journalism Kayaking Landscape Architecture Law Leatherwork Lifesaving Mammal Study Medicine Metalwork Mining in Society Model Design and Building Motorboating Moviemaking Music Nature Nuclear Science Oceanography Orienteering Painting Personal Fitness Personal Management Pets Photography Pioneering Plant Science Plumbing Pottery Programming Public Health Public Speaking Pulp and Paper Radio Railroading Reading Reptile and Amphibian Study Rifle Shooting Robotics Rowing Safety Salesmanship Scholarship Scouting Heritage Scuba Diving Sculpture Search and Rescue Shotgun Shooting Skating Small-Boat Sailing Snow Sports Soil and Water Conservation Space Exploration Sports Stamp Collecting Surveying Sustainability Swimming Textile Theater Traffic Safety Truck Transportation Veterinary Medicine Water Sports Weather Welding Whitewater Wilderness Survival Wood Carving Woodwork

Wild Card

100

When choosing a bike, should your feet be able to touch the ground when you're sitting on the bike seat?

Yes.

200

The term for when vegetables are cut, and then directly afterwards, the same knife is used to cut raw meat without washing the knife.

What is NOT cross-contamination?

300

What kinds of batteries work best for starting a fire (from battery and steel wool), and why?

8V batteries. Because both terminals are on the same side, it is easy to rub the positive and negative terminals onto the same part of the steel wool.

400

Name one con AND one pro of eating cup noodles as a meal on a backpacking trip.

Con: not many nutrients at all Pro: Since a large amount of sodium is excreted in sweat during a backpacking trip, sodium must be restored with high-sodium foods, such as cup noodles. Sodium is necessary to help regulate fluid balance and blood pressure.

500

Two of the ten essentials that, if used incorrectly, can break two (or more) Leave No Trace Principals, and one that may directly help you follow one Leave No Trace Principal. (does not include "Plan Ahead and Prepare")

What is 1) firestarters can potentially go against "minimize campfire impacts" 2) knives can potentially go against "leave what you find", "respect wildlife", and "be considerate to other visitors" 3) a map can help "camp and travel on durable surfaces" ?