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Exploring the Boy Scouts of America

Test your knowledge about the Boy Scouts of America with this engaging quiz covering its history, programs, and contributions.

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1 The Rural Scouting focus targets small communities and includes the American Indian Scouting Association in partnership with the ________.

2 The BSA is a constituent member of the ________.

3 In January 2009, ________ reported that since 1990, one third of BSA councils had conducted timber harvests, which had resulted in at least 34,000 acres of U.S.

4 Who of the following people founded Boy Scouts of America?

5 During ________, Every Scout to Save a Soldier was a slogan used to motivate Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to help sell War savings stamps.

6 Where does Boy Scouts of America come from?

7 [18] The ________ is the Boy Scouting national honor society for experienced campers, based on American Indian traditions and is dedicated to the ideal of cheerful service and brotherhood.

8 A continuing curriculum is available for additional skills including mentoring, youth leadership, supporting Scouts with disabilities or ADHD, conducting faith services and ________.

9 [58]:89 In 1969, as a tribute to ________'s 75th birthday, officials of Brown & Bigelow and the Boy Scouts of America asked Rockwell to pose in Beyond the Easel for a calendar illustration.

10 As part of Service to America, the BSA provided service projects in conjunction with the ________ (NPS).

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Koshare Indian Dancers are a Boy Scouts of America Scout troop that travels the United States promoting the appreciation of American Indian culture through Indian dances.
  • the Boy Rangers of America was an early scouting program in the United States for boys ages 8 through 12, a precursor to the Cub Scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America.
  • the Quartermaster Award is the highest rank in the Sea Scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America.
  • the Unami Lodge was the founding chapter of the Boy Scouts of America's Order of the Arrow.
  • writer Robert W. Peterson, whose seminal 1970 book Only the Ball was White called attention to the overlooked history of Negro league baseball, was also a prolific writer of magazine articles for the Boy Scouts of America.
  • there are over 300 trails in the Boy Scouts of America's Historic Trails Award program and that there is at least one in every US state.
  • the Boy Scouts of America celebrated their fortieth anniversary in 1950 with the theme of Strengthen the Arm of Liberty (Lady Liberty statue pictured).
  • the Boy Scouts of America 50-Miler Award, given to those who hike or paddle 50 or more miles, is designed to encourage personal fitness, self-reliance, and a practical understanding of conservation.
  • Marion West Higgins, the first female Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, was the daughter of Dr. James E. West, the first Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America.
  • Margaret Downey's first major public activism for atheism was in response to the Boy Scouts of America refusing to renew her son's membership due to his professed atheism.
  • Owasippe Scout Reservation, established in 1911, is the oldest continuously operating Boy Scout camp in the United States.
  • Pico Blanco Scout Reservation, built on 1445 acres of virgin Redwood forest donated by William Randolph Hearst, is the oldest Boy Scout camp on California's Central Coast.
  • in 1912 Arthur Rose Eldred became the first Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America and his descendants are still involved in Scouting.
  • Sanford N. McDonnell, the chairman emeritus of McDonnell Douglas Corporation, is also a past national president of the Boy Scouts of America.
  • Catherine Pollard was the first female Scoutmaster in the Boy Scouts of America.
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