Quiz: How much do you know about Scouting

How much do you know about Scouting?

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1. Scouting began in

2. The Founder of Scouting is

3. The first Scout Camp lasted

4. That camp was held in

5. The King's (Queen) Scout badge in the British Commonwealth was suggested by King

6. In the U.S.A. Scouting was started by

7. Girl Guides started in

8. B-P was hailed as

9. Girl Scouts in the U.S.A. were started by

10. The first World Jamboree was held in

11. The horn used by the Chief Scout, captured in Matabeland is known as the

12. The Final World Jamboree of the 20 th Century was held in

13. To tie two ropes of equal thickness together, you should use a

14. Robert Stephen Smyth Powell named his home

15. The first experimental camp was held on an island named

16. Which World Jamboree did not have an official crest?

17. The "coming of age" World Jamboree was held in

18. Another name for a reef knot is a

Points out of 18:

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I wish to thank D. K. Jordan for this consummately cool, pedagogically compelling, self-correcting, multiple-choice quiz which was produced from a simple text file of questions using his dubiously original, but publicly accessible Think Again Quiz Maker

Quiz created: October 13, 2004

Thomas Vella-Zarb