[Franky] Wilderness Survival

While in transit to your favourite holiday destination, your transportation vehicle crashes, leaving you stranded in the WILD. Oh no! Do you have what it takes to SURVIVE? [Poll, no wrong answers]

• Call me Destiny's Child coz I'm a Survivor!

• Probably not, but I'll try my best

• I wouldn't last one day in the wild

To survive in the wild, you must prioritise. Out of these, which is the most important thing to secure first?

• Water

• Food

• Netflix

Answer explanation

Water is life, water is love! On average, a person can only live 3 days without water, but can live 3 weeks without food. A person could probably live their entire life without Netflix.

You decide to find a water source first. But where do you go if you want the SAFEST drinking water in the wild: a river, a pond, or the sea?

• The sea (salt water)

• A pond (standing water)

• A river (flowing water)

You want to build a shelter to safely nap in. What location would be a good place to do so?

• On damp or wet ground

• Under a large, dead tree

• At the bottom of a narrow valley

• Right next to a river

• None of these

Answer explanation

All of these locations have high risks associated with them and thus are not good places to build a shelter.

Thankfully you've built your shelter somewhere nice and safe because a storm is headed your way! How can you tell how far away the storm is?

• By the time between a flash of lightning and the sound of thunder

• By how heavy the rain is

• With a compass

• By how big the lightning in the sky is

Brrr... it's getting colder now. You decide to build a campfire. What are the three components considered essential to building one? [Select the THREE correct answers]

• Tinder

• Kindling

• Fuel

• Nitrogen

• Leaves

You're getting hungry, but Uber Eats doesn't deliver to your location. Luckily, your bag is full of one of the best foods for wilderness survival, which is:

• Chocolate

• Apples

• Parmesan Cheese

• Peanut Butter

• All of these

Answer explanation

"Peanut butter is a great survival food if you had to choose just one thing. With vitamin / mineral supplements it is almost exactly what is given to starving children in famines." - random reddit user

You've been going to the gym recently, and you don't want to lose your gains while you're stranded in the wild. What should you eat to maintain your protein intake?

• Crickets

• Elderberries

• Tree bark

• Fish

• None of these

While foraging for food one day, you encounter an aggressive wolf looking for it's next meal. What are two things you SHOULDN'T do if you want to live? [Select the TWO correct answers]

• Run away

• Climb a tree

• Make loud noises

• Play dead

• Maintain eye contact with the wolf

Answer explanation

Wolves can't climb trees

While stargazing one night, you see the star "Polaris" in the night sky. You realize this means you're in:

• The Southern Hemisphere

• The Northern Hemisphere

• A dream

• Australia

Answer explanation

Polaris is also called the "North Star" because it's only visible in the Northern Hemisphere.