CHAPTER 1-HISTORY OF SCOUTING

Question 1

Who founded Scouting?

Answer 1

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (B-P)

Question 2

When was Baden-Powell born?

Answer 2

February 22, 1857

Question 3

BP became a member of

Answer 3

British Army

Question 4

In which war did Baden-Powell become famous?

Answer 4

The Boer War in Africa

Question 5

What important town did B-P defend during the Boer War?

Answer 5

Mafeking in South Africa

Question 6

What book did B-P first write that became popular with teenage boys because it sold well both to the military and public at large?

Answer 6

Aids to Scouting

Question 7

What book did B-P rewrites the Aids to Scouting for younger audiences in 1907?

Answer 7

Scouting for Boys

Question 8

Where was the first experimental Scout camp held in 1907?

Answer 8

Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour, Dorset

Question 9

How many boys are with BP when he ran an experimental camp from different backgrounds?

Answer 9

22

Question 10

What happened after boys read Scouting for Boys?

Answer 10

They created their own Patrols, and Scout Troops were formed. This were scouting began

Question 11

When does BP republish the Scouting for Boys?

Answer 11

1908

Question 12

Where was the first true Scout camp held?

Answer 12

Humshaugh, Northumbria

Question 13

1908 was BP republishing the Scouting for Boys in how many fortnightly instalments?

Answer 13

6

Question 14

What organizations started after the success of Scouting (in 10 years)?

Answer 14

Girl Guides, Wolf Cubs, and Rover Scouts

Question 15

When and where was the first International Scout Jamboree held?

Answer 15

1920, in Great Britain

Question 16

What title was given to B-P at the first International Scout Jamboree?

Answer 16

Chief Scout of the World

Question 17

When and where did B-P die?

Answer 17

January 8, 1941, in Nyeri at the base of Mount Kenya

Question 18

He had the remarkable experience of seeing the movement grow from the tiny acorn of a small group of children camped on _ _ into a Brotherhood and Sisterhood which embraces almost the whole world.

Answer 18

Brownsea Island

Question 20

The history of Scouting in the Philippines can be traced back to the _ _

Answer 20

American Occupation

Question 21

When was the first Scout troop in the Philippines formed?

Answer 21

1914

Question 22

Who influenced Sherman Kiser to form a Scout troop in the Philippines from Sulu?

Answer 22

Caroline Spencer

Question 23

Who formed the first Scout troop in the Philippines?

Answer 23

United States Navy Lieutenant Sherman Kiser

Question 24

What was the name of the first Scout troop in the Philippines?

Answer 24

Lorillard Spencer Troop of Zamboanga

Question 25

When was the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) officially chartered?

Answer 25

October 31, 1936

Question 26

Under what law was the BSP chartered?

Answer 26

Commonwealth of the Philippines Act No. 111

Question 27

When did Scouting in the Philippines become official under the Boy Scouts of America?

Answer 27

1923

Question 28

When did the Philippines become an independent Scouting nation?

Answer 28

1938

Question 29

When was the Girl Scouts of the Philippines founded?

Answer 29

1940

Question 30

Where and when was the first World Scout Jamboree in Asia held?

Answer 30

1959, Mount Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna