Q 01/05

Juliette Gordon Low's birthday, kept by Girl Scouts as Founder's Day, falls on which holiday?

A) Valentine's Day

B) Halloween

C) Independence Day

D) New Year's Day

Answer · why

B) Halloween

Halloween doubles as Founder's Day because Low was born on October 31, 1860. Girl Scouts first marked the date in her honor in 1920, while she was sti...

Q 02/05

What did Juliette Gordon Low sell to help pay the bills of the young Girl Scouts?

A) Her pearls

B) Her paintings

C) Her London house

D) Her racehorses

Answer · why

A) Her pearls

Her pearls went the way of much of her fortune: Low paid most Girl Scout expenses herself in the early years, even after recruiting wealthy patrons.

Q 03/05

How did Juliette Gordon Low famously show off the new Girl Scout shoes at national headquarters?

A) Danced on a table

B) Climbed a tree

C) Stood on her head

D) Jumped a fence

Answer · why

C) Stood on her head

Low stood on her head, a favorite skill since her athletic childhood. Tradition holds that she repeated the trick every birthday to prove she could ke...

Q 04/05

What landed in Juliette Gordon Low's ear at her 1886 wedding and cost her the hearing on that side?

A) A rose petal

B) A scrap of confetti

C) An orange blossom

D) A grain of rice

Answer · why

D) A grain of rice

A grain of rice thrown by well-wishers caused an infection, and removing it punctured her eardrum. Her other ear had already been damaged by a harsh t...

Q 05/05

Which founder of the Boy Scouts inspired Juliette Gordon Low's life's work after they met in 1911?

A) Ernest Thompson Seton

B) Robert Baden-Powell

C) Daniel Carter Beard

D) James E. West

Answer · why

B) Robert Baden-Powell

Robert Baden-Powell became a firm friend, and the two happened to sail on the same ship in 1912 when Low headed home to Savannah to start her first Am...