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The ScoutNet UK Scouting Quiz No.32

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1. Which knot looks very like a reef knot and is used to betray the unsuspecting person?
Thumb knot
Thief knot
Overhand knot

<="Overhand knot">Overhand knot

2. Which knot is shown on the membership badge of all sections?
Reef knot
Figure of Eight knot
Sheetbend

3. Which knot would you use to join two ropes of unequal thickness?
Sheepshank
Sheetbend
Clove hitch

4. If you turn the ends on a reef knot back on themselves you create another knot. What is it?
Clove hitch
Round turn and two half hitches
Larks head

5. Which knot would you use in first aid to fasten the ends of a bandage?
Reef knot
Square knot
Granny knot

6. Which knot would you use to begin square lashing?
Larks head
Clove hitch
Reef knot

7. If you had fallen down a cliff and someone threw you a rope, what knot would you use to tie round yourself?
Sheetbend
Bowline
Fireman's chair knot

8. Which knot would you use to shorten a rope without cutting it?
Sheepshank
Sheetbend
Overhand

9. Why do you whip a rope?
To stop the strands unravelling
To make it stiffer
To protect it

10. Which knot do you use to begin sheer lashing?
Round turn and two half hitches
Timber hitch
Clove hitch



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