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The ScoutNet UK Scouting Quiz No.6

Welcome to the sixth ScoutNet UK Scouting Quiz! The monthly quiz aimed to find out just how much you now about your organisation

This months quiz is aimed at the Scout and Venture Scout section and is on simple Scouting Skills: Camping, Map and Compass, Knotting and First Aid.


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1. On an O.S. Landranger Map what is the symbol for a Youth Hostel?
The initials YH
A red triangle
A green Y

2.What is this a symbol for ?
An underground station
A theatre
A bus station

3. To which of the following does a compass point?
True North
Magnetic North
Grid North

4. What is the first thing that you do when you encounter an accident?
Get Help
Assess your safety
Perform CPR

5. What knot should be used to tie the ends of two ropes of equal thickness together?
Reef Knot
Sheetbend
Fisherman's Bend

6. Which of these is not a use for a sheepshank?
Tightening ame="6" value="Tightening a guyline">Tightening a guyline
Protecting a damaged section of rope
Shortening a rope

7. What type of lashing is a Japanese?
Diagonal
Sheer
Square

8. What would you storm lash?
A patrol tent
Two crossing spars
Two parallel spars

9. Why is a wet pit used?
To dispose of wet waste
To strain waste water
To wash up in

10. When should you water sods?
In the morning
At noon
In the evening
and Leaders `not until they're thirsty' is not a viable answer




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