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                                            Question of the Week                   (Answers at bottom of page)

11- What year was the first World Jamboree?

10- On the Scout Badge, what does knot at the bottom of the scroll represent?

9 - Has the Cub Scout Pledge changed,.and if it did what has been changed?

8 - Multiply Choice: In the Boy Scouts of America 1911 Handbook for Boys, which was a first class requirement?
a) Swim seventy five yards.
b) Capture a reptile and tell how you would cook it to survive.
c) Use an ax for felling light timber.
d) Take a hike at night of at least one mile using the night stars to navigate.

7- Why was the first National Jamboree in 1935 Called off?

6 - What current Merit Badge is earned the most?

5 - Name a patch that had to be earned in the past, and now can be worn by everyone?
What was the requirement for this patch?

4 - Which War did Baden-Powell fight (this is when he first started formulating ideas for scouting).

3 - Who was the first Eagle Scout to become President?
2 -  In the last "Indiana Jones" Movie how many more ranks did young Indy need to become an Eagle scout?
1 - What cub scout rank was eliminated in 1967?

Name that eagle
(Which person is an Eagle Scout)

4 - Peter Ueberroth (former commissioner of Baseball) Joe Theisman (former NFL player) Sam Nunn (U.S. Senator)

3 - John Tesh (TV Celebrity), Alberto Salazar (Three time NYC Marathon winner), Mark Spitz(Olympic Gold Swimmer)

2 - Bill Clinton, Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg

1 - Bill Gates, Bill Bradley, Jim Morrison

Answers to Name that Eagle:

4 - Sam Nunn

3 - Alberto Salazar was Life, Mark Spitz cub scout John Tesh is the Eagle.

2 - Bill Clinton was a cub scout, Harrison Ford was a Life scout, Steven Spielberg was an Eagle scout.

1 - Jim Morrison was just a Scout and Bill Gates was a Life Scout. The Eagle Scout is Bill Bradley.

Answers to the Question of the week:

11-

10- Reminder to "Do a Good Turn Daily"

9- Yes - It use to say "and to be square" but in the 1970's "square" became associated with a negative meaning so it was taken out.

8- (c)

7- An epidemic of Polio in this country.

6- First Aid

5 - World crest patch - You had to spend an overnight with an international scout.

4- The boar war

3 - Gerald Ford

2 - Indiana Jones was a Life Scout, but in 1910 Life Scout came before Star, therefore "two more ranks" is the answer.

1 - The rank Lion was dropped from the Cub Scouts in 1967.

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