Merit Badges
These 3 Merit Badges share a common word in their title.
What are Citizenship in the World, Citizenship in the Nation, and Citizenship in the Community?
This is the test that Scouts must pass to participate in boating activities.
What is BSA Swimmer test?
These are the Seven Scout BSA ranks?
What are Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star, Life, and Eagle?
This knot is used to join two ropes together.
What is the square knot?
A BSA Scout Troop is generally made of 2 or more of these.
What is a patrol?
To receive the badge for this activity, you join two metal plates and inscribe your initials.
What is welding?
On any boat or ship, the front is called the bow and the back is called this.
What is the stern?
These are awarded to Scouts who have put special emphasis on learning specific topics.
What are Merit Badges?
This knot is the primary rescue knot.
What is the bowline?
This experienced Scout helps to show the way for new Scouts. (Hint: we don't currently have one in our Troop)
What is the Troop Guide?
The “S-A-R” on the badge created in 2012 stands for this lifesaving process.
What is Search and Rescue?
Parts of Paddles or Oars include: Grip/Handle, Shaft/Loom, Throat, Tip, and Blade. This is the most important part.
What is the blade?
This Code states Scouts will be careful with fire.
What is the Outdoor Code?
What is whipping and fusing?
The SPL, ASPL, PLs, Troop Guides & Scribe form this leadership body.
What is the PLC (Patrol Leaders Council)?
The Robotics merit badge depicts this planet, but you can earn it on Earth
What is Mars?
By keeping your center of gravity as low as possible and not leaning too far to port or starboard you can avoid this from happening.
What is capsizing or tipping over?
This badge consists of an eagle with a shield, two stars, a scroll, and a knot.
What is the First Class Scout badge?
This is used to shorten a rope without cutting it.
What is the sheepshank?
When do the letters E.D.G.E stand for in this Scouting teaching technique?
What is Explain, Demonstrate, Guide & Enable
That’s a GPS unit on the badge for this new 10-letter orienteering hobby.
What is geocaching?
This is the proper order to help someone during a water rescue.
What is reaching, throwing, rowing, and going?
The three fingers in the Scout Salute stand for "Duty to God and Country", "Duty to Others", and ???
What is "Duty to Self"?
This knot is used to bind two poles together using rope?
What is the square lashing?
What do the letters P.A.U.S.E. in the safety program stand for?
What are Pause, Assess, Understand, Share & Execute