Q 01/05

The first organised US summer camp is usually credited to a camp founded in 1861 in which state?

A) Maine

B) Vermont

C) Connecticut

D) New Hampshire

Answer · why

C) Connecticut

Connecticut is where teacher Frederick Gunn marched his pupils to the shore at Milford in 1861 to camp, fish and drill like the Civil War soldiers the...

Q 02/05

Which 1980 horror film sends a group of young counsellors to reopen Camp Crystal Lake?

A) Friday the 13th

B) Sleepaway Camp

C) The Burning

D) Halloween

Answer · why

A) Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th has a killer who is not Jason: in the first film it is Mrs. Voorhees, avenging the son she believes drowned at the camp, and he only t...

Q 03/05

Camp Dudley, the oldest continually running US boys' camp, was started in 1885 by a volunteer from which organisation?

A) The YMCA

B) The Salvation Army

C) The Sierra Club

D) The Audubon Society

Answer · why

A) The YMCA

The YMCA asked volunteer Sumner Dudley to take some of its boys camping, the trip became a yearly fixture, and the camp took his name after he died in...

Q 04/05

Which book series sends its hero to a summer camp called Camp Half-Blood?

A) Percy Jackson

B) Harry Potter

C) Artemis Fowl

D) The Hunger Games

Answer · why

A) Percy Jackson

Percy Jackson began as bedtime stories: Rick Riordan made them up for his son Haley, who has ADHD and dyslexia, and gave his hero both.

Q 05/05

What three things make up a s'more?

A) Toasted marshmallow, chocolate and graham crackers

B) Marshmallow, caramel and shortbread

C) Marshmallow, peanut butter and crackers

D) Chocolate, banana and vanilla wafers

Answer · why

A) Toasted marshmallow, chocolate and graham crackers

Toasted marshmallow, chocolate and graham crackers: the hot marshmallow melts the chocolate and glues the sandwich shut, and the name is just 'some mo...