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DA Scout: Meet Baden - Powell

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who founded the Scout movement?

a)

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell

b)

Robert Stevenson

c)

Power Baden

d)

Gutam Roder

2.

When did Barden Powell born?

a)

FEB, 1987

b)

FEB 7, 2000

c)

FEB 20, 1867

d)

FEB 22, 1857

3.

What is Baden-Powell true name?

a)

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell

b)

Robert Stephenson Baden-Powell

c)

Robert Baden-Powell

d)

Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell

4.

B-P got his early education from his mother, but he later won a scholarship to (a)   School, founded in 1611 and one of Britain’s most prestigious public (private) schools.

5.

Other than hiding out in the woods around the school to track wildlife, catch and cook rabbits and reading maps..what are the other two skills that Baden Powell good at? (Choose two)

a)

playing Piano

b)

folding Origami

c)

playing Violin

d)

making DIY toys

6.

B-P wasn’t known for being one of the most academically-minded of schoolboys, but when he took the entrance exam for the army he came in (a)   of the several hundred applicants and was commissioned straight into the 13th Hussars, bypassing the officer training that was the usual route into the cavalry regiment.

7.

Which year does B-P headed to India with his new regiment?

a)

1876

b)

2020

c)

1987

d)

1879

8.

B-P reworked Aids to Scouting for a younger audience, and in 1907 organised the “experimental” camp at?

a)

Pulau Manukan, Sabah

b)

Brownsea Island

c)

Pulau redang

d)

Southeast Asia Island

9.

B-P took ___ wealthier children from private schools and some from ordinary working class homes for his first camp.

a)

20 girls

b)

22 adults

c)

22 boys

d)

20 adults

10.

Which year did B-P retired from the army to devote his life to the Scout Movement, travelling the world to inspire more young people to join scouting?

a)

In 1910, at the age of 53

b)

In 1990, at the age of 100

c)

In 1810, at the age of 25

d)

In 1911, at the age of 54

11.

When was the first Jamboree hold?

a)

1920

b)

1921

c)

1922

d)

1933

12.

How many countries gathered for the first World Scout Jamboree beneath the glass-covered dome of London’s Olympia?

a)

32

b)

31

c)

34

d)

22

13.

Which years did Baden Powell get the tittle of Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell from Prince Wales in England?

a)

1990

b)

1930

c)

1929

d)

1931

14.

When did Baden Powell died?

a)

10 January 1941

b)

8 January 1941

c)

20 January 1941

d)

18 January 1941

15.

How many books did Baden Powell wrote before he died?

a)

32

b)

33

c)

34

d)

35

16.

What is the last farewell message for his scout to be published after he died?

a)

“Try and leave this world a little better than you found it,”

b)

“Memories last forever”

c)

“Viva forever”

d)

“Hstalavista my dear scout”

17.

Robert Baden-Powell was the man who founded the Scout movement more than 100 years ago. A soldier, national hero, educator and prolific writer, Scouting is based on the ideas laid out in his best-selling book (a)   ?