Q 01/05

Which US president, raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is the only one to have earned Eagle Scout?

A) John F. Kennedy

B) Jimmy Carter

C) Gerald Ford

D) Bill Clinton

Answer · why

C) Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford earned the rank in 1927, and when he died about 400 Eagle Scouts lined up as his casket passed in the funeral procession.

Q 02/05

Which Eagle Scout sent his regards to a Scout jamboree in Idaho while flying to the Moon in 1969?

A) Neil Armstrong

B) Buzz Aldrin

C) Michael Collins

D) John Glenn

Answer · why

A) Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong sent the message days before stepping onto the lunar surface, and for many years afterwards he wrote letters congratulating new Eagle S...

Q 03/05

Which Eagle Scout director made a nine-minute Western to earn his Photography merit badge?

A) James Cameron

B) Steven Spielberg

C) Quentin Tarantino

D) Robert Zemeckis

Answer · why

B) Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg shot The Last Gunfight on 8 mm film, and decades later he helped the Boy Scouts of America develop a merit badge in cinematography.

Q 04/05

Which merit badge minimum, set for Eagle Scout in the 1911 handbook, is still the requirement?

A) 5

B) 10

C) 21

D) 45

Answer · why

C) 21

21 has been the total for all but six years: a 1972 overhaul of the program raised it to 24, and the original figure returned in 1978.

Q 05/05

Which Eagle Palm color ranks highest, standing for fifteen merit badges beyond the Eagle requirement?

A) Gold

B) Bronze

C) Platinum

D) Silver

Answer · why

D) Silver

Silver outranks gold here because the Palms follow the heraldic order of the US military: bronze marks five extra badges and gold marks ten.