Knots & Pioneering
The only First-Class knot that forms an eye that won’t slip
What is a bowline?
The only Eagle-required badge that still lets you use a calculator
What is Personal Management?
Oscar-winning director of Star Wars
Who is Steven Spielberg?
The only direction you can find using a crescent moon
What is South?
A statue and memorial on West Basin Dr in Washington, DC, designed by Lawrence Halprin and unveiled in 1997, is designed to commemorate what 32nd president of the US, mastermind of the New Deal?
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
The only bend that can be tied with the ends facing the same direction
What is the Zeppelin bend
The badge whose 2024 requirement #9 now requires a 13-mile float trip
What is Canoeing?
Heisman Trophy winner from Oklahoma University. Played for Rams, Eagles, Vikings, and Cardinals as QB.
Who is Sam Bradford?
The only edible plant part that is safe even if the rest is poisonous
What is the inner bark? (pine trees)
Exact height of the Washington Monument including capstone pyramid
What is 555 feet? (actually 555', 5.125")
The lashing that uses two poles to create an “X” brace
What is diagonal lashing?
The badge that requires you to track your family’s water usage for 7 days
What is Sustainability?
Only sitting U.S. Senator in 2025 who earned Eagle.(R-AR). Common clothing material.
Who is Tom Cotton?
The only natural material that burns hotter when wet
What is fatwood?
Only Smithsonian museum NOT downtown or on the National Mall
What is the Udvar-Hazy Center?
The knot required for the 2024 Pioneering MB “double A-frame bridge” (exact name)
What is the Japanese square lashing?
The only badge where requirement 8 must be signed by a counselor AND a parent
What is Family Life?
The 38th President of the United States
Who is Gerald R. Ford?
The exact four survival priorities in order when you have no gear (2024 Fieldbook)
What are positive mental attitude, first aid, shelter, fire?
Memorial whose inscription contains the word “Eternal” twice
What is the WWII Memorial?
The only knot that holds 100 % of rope strength when wet and under shock load
What is the triple fisherman’s knot?
The badge whose requirement 4d is “explain the difference between a republic and a direct democracy”
What is Citizenship in the Nation?
Only person with both Eagle Scout and Congressional Gold Medal for spaceflight
Who is Neil Armstrong?
The core temperature at which severe hypothermia officially begins (in °F)
What is 86 degrees?
Number of steps in the Capitol crypt built for George Washington
What is 13?