Previous Questions:
3/17/09
Q: For star, rank, and Eagle, a Scout must be in a leadership role for a period of time. Which of these positions is NOT an approved leadership position for these ranks: patrol leader, senior patrol leader, assistant patrol leader, scribe, quartermaster, assistant senior patrol leader. Are there other approved leadership positions?
A: Assistant Patrol Leader is NOT an approved leadership position
Yes, Den Chief,Librarain,Historian,Chaplain Aid, Bugler
3/10/09 Q: What was the best part of the "Tree Farm" campout?
A: Seeing their old Scoutmaster 3/03/09
Q: Who was the first scoutmaster of troop 56?
A: Luther Hagler 2/24/09
Q: How many eagle scouts has Troop 56 had in their 26 year history? Who was the first?
A: 26, Jeffery Jones 2/17/09
Q: Was 17 always the highest age to achieve the rank of eagle? Explain your answer.
A: No, untill 1952 their was not an age limit 2/10/09
Q: How many Presidents of the United States made the rank of Eagle Scout?
A: Only one 2/3/09
Q: Which President was responsible for the initiatives and programs collectively known as "The New Deal"?
A: Franklin D. Roosevelt 1/27/09
Q: What constellation is used to find the North Star?
A: The North Star (Polaris) is in the constellation Ursa Minor(Little Dipper).
Constellations used to find the North Star:
Ursa Major(Big Dipper)
Ursa Minor(Little Dipper)
Cassiopeia(The Queen) 1/20/09
Q: What is the first rank in Boy Scouts?
A: Tenderfoot. 1/13/09
Q: How many astronauts were Eagle Scouts that walked on the moon?
A: Of the 12 astronauts that walked on the moon, 11 of these men had been scouts at some time, but only 2 obtained the rank of Eagle Scout. 1/6/09
Q: Who was Norman Rockwell and how was he envoled in Scouting?
A: See the following link, but basically, Norman Rockwell was a painter who first started illustrating Boys' Life magazine. He also painted for the annual boy scout calendar which had one of his painting for 52 years. Many of his paintings can be found at the National Boy Scout Museum in Dallas, TX. It is well worth the drive over to see the museum and Norman Rockwell gallery.
11/11/08
Q: At camp T.L. James, how many campsites are there that we use for the Boy Scout program (excluding Cub World)? Extra entry into the monthly contest if you can name each of the campsites.
A: Cherokee, Choctaw, Caddo, Seminole, Staff, Cheyenne, Pawnee, Sioux, Apache, Osage, Kiowa (11 campsites)
11/4/08
Q: Q: What does AED stand for? This was covered in our CPR course this past week.
A: Artificial External Defibrillator Q: The National Jamboree has been held at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia every four years since 1981. The last Jamboree was held in 2005. Why is the next Jamboree being held in 2010 and not in 2009?
A: The National Jamboree was moved to 2010 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Scouting in the US. This is also the last time the jamboree will be held at Fort AP Hill, VA. The BSA is looking for a new site that will e permanent home to the Jamboree for future years and owed by the BSA. 10/21/08
Q: The National Jamboree has been held at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia every four years since 1981. The last Jamboree was held in 2005. Why is the next Jamboree being held in 2010 and not in 2009?
A: The National Jamboree was moved to 2010 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Scouting in the US. This is also the last time the jamboree will be held at Fort AP Hill, VA. The BSA is looking for a new site that will e permanent home to the Jamboree for future years and owed by the BSA.
10/14/08
Q: The Louisiana Purchase Council is composed of Districts. We (Troop 56) are in the Pioneer District. The question is how many districts are there and what are their names. A: The council consists of 20 parishes. These parishes are combined into smaller areas called Districts. We currently have four districts: Pioneer (Ouachita and Morehouse parishes), Thunderbird (Ruston area), Choctaw (East and West Carroll and further south), and Attakapas (Alexandria area). We had one right answer! 10/14/08
Q: The Louisiana Purchase Council is composed of Districts. We (Troop 56) are in the Pioneer District. The question is how many districts are there and what are their names.
A: 10/7/08
Q: Philmont is one of three high adventure bases. What are the other two? A: Florida Sea Base and Northern Tier Previous questions and answers: weekly questions 9/30/08 (see LINK) Q: The Philmont Scout Ranch is one of three high-adventure bases in the United States. Philmont is located in northeast New Mexico by the town of Cimarron. A few questions:
5/27/08
Q. After a Scout receives the Eagle rank, he can then earn palms. These palms are given for further merit badges, service hours, and time: bronze, gold, then silver. Why is the silver palm higher than the gold palm as gold is worth more then silver? A. The bronze - gold - silver order comes from the method used in the military. Refer to the US Army rank and the following links: Link 1 Link 2 5/20/08 Q: Who is Lord Baden Powell & how many siblings did he have?
A: Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell was born at 6 Stanhope Street (now 11 Stanhope Terrace), Paddington, London on February 22, 1857. He was the sixth son and the eighth of ten children of the Reverend Baden-Powell, a Professor at Oxford University.
B.-P. set to work rewriting Aids to Scouting, this time for a younger readership. In 1907 he held an experimental camp on Brownsea Island, Poole, Dorset, to try out his ideas. He brought together 22 boys, some from public schools and some from working class homes, and put them into camp under his leadership. The whole world now knows the results of that camp. Scouting for Boys'was published in 1908 in six fortnightly parts at 4d a copy. Sales of the book were tremendous. Boys formed themselves into Scout Patrols to try out ideas. What had been intended as a training aid for existing organisations became the handbook of a new and, ultimately worldwide Movement. B.-P.'s great understanding of boys obviously touched something fundamental in the youth of this and other countries. Lord Baden-Powell began the Scouting movement in England which then moved to many different countries. Link 5/13/08
Q: During a military funeral ceremony, The flag detail often slips three shell-casings into the folded flag before presenting the flag to the family. What do the three shell-casings represent? If you know the answer, write it down on a pice of paper with your name and return it to Mr. Blackard at next week's meeting.
A: The three shell casings represent the three volleys of shots. For a "21 gun salute", three rounds of seven guns each are fired. Link
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