Minnesota Outdoors — History Edition
In what year did Minnesota become a state?
A) 1849
B) 1858
C) 1861
D) 1867
B) 1858
In what year did Robert Baden-Powell hold his experimental Scout camp on Brownsea Island?
A) 1905
B) 1907
C) 1908
D) 1910
B) 1907
Which river begins at Lake Itasca?
A) St. Croix
B) Minnesota
C) Mississippi
D) Red River
C) Mississippi
What was the name of Baden-Powell's first major Scouting handbook?
A) The Scoutmaster's Guide
B) Scouting for Boys
C) A Scout's Life
D) The Patrol Handbook
B) Scouting for Boys
The ancient Celtic festival associated with Halloween was called what?
A) Yule
B) Samhain
C) Beltane
D) Ostara
B) Samhain
In what year was Itasca State Park established?
A) 1889
B) 1891
C) 1895
D) 1901
B) 1891
When was Scouting for Boys, Baden-Powell's influential handbook, first published?
A) 1905
B) 1907
C) 1908
D) 1912
C) 1908
Which state park was established in 1895, making it Minnesota's second-oldest state park?
A) Jay Cooke
B) Interstate
C) Gooseberry Falls
D) Minneopa
B) Interstate
Which U.S. president became the first honorary president of the Boy Scouts of America?
A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) Woodrow Wilson
C) William Howard Taft
D) Calvin Coolidge
C) William Howard Taft
Halloween takes place on which date?
A) October 30
B) October 31
C) October 29
D) November 1
B) October 31
In what year did Henry Schoolcraft reach the source of the Mississippi River with the help of an Anishinaabe guide?
A) 1805
B) 1825
C) 1832
D) 1849
C) 1832
On what date was the Boy Scouts of America incorporated?
A) February 8, 1910
B) June 21, 1910
C) January 8, 1912
D) October 13, 1910
A) February 8, 1910
Which explorer was led to the Mississippi's source in 1832 by the Anishinaabe guide Ozawindib?
A) Zebulon Pike
B) Henry Schoolcraft
C) Henry Sibley
D) John C. Frémont
B) Henry Schoolcraft
Who was the first Chief Scout Executive of the BSA?
A) James E. West
B) Ernest Thompson Seton
C) Daniel Carter Beard
D) William D. Boyce
A) James E. West
Which U.S. president proclaimed a national Thanksgiving observance in 1863?
A) George Washington
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Ulysses S. Grant
D) Andrew Johnson
B) Abraham Lincoln
In what year was Voyageurs National Park established?
A) 1964
B) 1971
C) 1975
D) 1978
C) 1975
Who incorporated the Boy Scouts of America in the United States?
A) Ernest Thompson Seton
B) Daniel Carter Beard
C) William D. Boyce
D) James E. West
C) William D. Boyce
Which Minnesota national park is famous for its interconnected lakes and waterways near the Canadian border?
A) Isle Royale
B) Voyageurs
C) Grand Portage
D) Pipestone
B) Voyageurs
In what year did the Order of the Arrow become an official part of the national Scouting program?
A) 1915
B) 1922
C) 1934
D) 1948
C) 1934
In the Northern Hemisphere, the autumnal equinox usually occurs during which period?
A) August 1–10
B) September 21–24
C) October 1–5
D) November 10–15
B) September 21–24
In what year did the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness receive its major wilderness designation under the federal Wilderness Act?
A) 1964
B) 1972
C) 1978
D) 1984
C) 1978
In what year was the Order of the Arrow founded at Treasure Island Camp in Pennsylvania?
A) 1910
B) 1915
C) 1920
D) 1924
B) 1915
What is the approximate total length of the Mississippi River, from its source to the Gulf of Mexico?
A) 1,450 miles
B) 1,850 miles
C) 2,350 miles
D) 3,100 miles
C) About 2,350 miles
What were the names of the two men who founded the Order of the Arrow?
A) Boyce and West
B) Seton and Beard
C) Goodman and Edson
D) Baden-Powell and Taft
C) Goodman and Edson
In the ancient Celtic calendar, Samhain marked the transition into which part of the year?
A) The light half
B) The snowy season
C) The dark half
D) The harvest season
C) The dark half