Scavenger
Hunt Games
Each Den has 10 minutes
to solve the riddles and find the corresponding Scouting or nature objects.
They must give the correct numbers for each item:
1. You use this to find
NEWS.
2. This silver life saver
can be used on anything from tents to camera cases.
3. When the wind blows
and the snow comes down I'll still be around.
4. Flash this for someone
and they may just come to the rescue.
5. It's always greener
on the other side of the road.
6. Sounds like something
that would help an orchestra.
7. I'm created by rivers
and streams and thousands of years.
8. It can help you on hot
days, cold days, and while you sleep.
9. Be sure to take this
if you want to pack light.
10. Keeps you from wearing
embarrassing garbage bags.
11. If you're falling off
a cliff, it's good to be able to do this.
12. You don't have to be
a Star Scout to wear one of these.
13. If you served in the
military in Geneva, you might be issued one of these.
14. It's whipped but it's
not cream.
15. You see me in red superimposed
on red and white stripes sometimes.
16. With these you can
do something you also do in baseball and bowling.
17. It's pretty much isosceles
in shape.
18. It's the opposite of
"can oot"
19. Useful for ticks every
time.
Scouting Scavenger Hunt
Answers
Each Den has 10 minutes
to solve the riddles and find the corresponding Scouting or nature objects.
They must give the correct numbers for each item:
1. You use this to find
NEWS. Compass
2. This silver life saver
can be used on anything from tents to camera cases. Duct Tape
3. When the wind blows
and the snow comes down I'll still be around. Pine Needles/Branch
4. Flash this for someone
and they may just come to the rescue. Signal Mirror
5. It's always greener
on the other side of the road. Grass
6. Sounds like something
that would help an orchestra. Band Aid
7. I'm created by rivers
and streams and thousands of years. Sedimentary Rock
8. It can help you on hot
days, cold days, and while you sleep. Hat
9. Be sure to take this
if you want to pack light. Flashlight
10. Keeps you from wearing
embarrassing garbage bags. Poncho
11. If you're falling off
a cliff, it's good to be able to do this. Tie one-handed bowline
12. You don't have to be
a Star Scout to wear one of these. Service star (or Baden-Powell Star)
13. If you served in the
military in Geneva, you might be issued one of these. Swiss Army Knife
14. It's whipped but it's
not cream. Whipped Rope
15. You see me in red superimposed
on red and white stripes sometimes. Maple Leaf
16. With these you can
do something you also do in baseball and bowling. Matches
17. It's pretty much isosceles
in shape. Triangle Bandage or neckerchief
18. It's the opposite of
"can oot" Canteen (can't iin)
19. Useful for ticks every
time. Watch
Akela has invited one Den
to work with the Cub pack next week. To help the Court of Honor decide which
Den will best represent the troop, here is a test for your Den. By
no later than...., bring back the necessary ingredients for staging successful
demonstrations of:
1. a left-handed non-Scout
2. a left-handed cat
3. how to separate a mixture
of salt and pepper
4. how to determine which
is more dense: apple or carrot
5. what happens when you
add two spoonfuls of vinegar to one spoonful of dish washing liquid and
mix in one big spoonful of baking soda
6. a southbound footprint
Scouter's Notes
2. I'm not sure there is
any such creature, but a Scout once assured me that his cat was left-handed.
Another Scout brought in a cat and left it to me to prove it wasn't left-handed.
3. Pour mixture into a
glass of water. Salt sinks; pepper floats.
4. Again water. Carrot
sinks and apple floats, ergo carrot is denser.
6. Perhaps a compass set
alongside the footprint or a photograph of a footprint relative to an
object that has a definite direction.
Space invaders have demanded
that you produce evidence of the earth's current level of technology by
no later than.... You must collect samples that demonstrate our society's
use of: transistors; incandescence; fluorescence; luminosity; polystyrene;
polypropylene; polyester; acrylic; latex; nylon; laser; liquid crystal display
(LCD); light emitting diode (LED); magnetic diskettes; magnetic recording
tape; electricity (plug in); electricity (battery power); stainless steel;
molded plastic; sheet plastic; laminated plastic; metal alloy.
Scouter's Note: Relate
to the Engineering and Science Challenge badges.
Mr. Wizard blew up his laboratory.
He needs your help to replace some parts of his physics experiments. By
no later than...., bring in as many examples as you can of the six basic
machines: screw; wedge; inclined plane; lever; pulley; wheel & axle.
With your Polaroid camera,
take one photograph of each of the following situations. You have film for
20 attempts. Don't let any other Den photograph a member of your Den.
No later than..... deliver photographs of: the whole Den inside a telephone
booth; a Scout at least 5 m up a tree; three Scouts blowing bubble gum;
all the members of the households of two Scouts; the Canadian flag; a woman
on a bicycle; a Scout in the back seat of a bus; two Scouts in a police
cell; three Scouts on the back of a fire truck; a suspicious-looking character
often seen walking near the troop's meeting place about 30 minutes after
the meeting starts (don't let this person see you take the photo); a Scout
from another Den; a Scout beside a statue; a Scout holding a chicken.
Scouter's Notes: You have
to provide your own suspicious-looking character. Relate to the Photography
Challenge badge.
In the words of the song, "One
is one and all alone and ever more shall be so." Some things are found only
as solitary items. Other things occur only in groups of two, three, four,
or more.
By no later than...., bring
back one sample item from each of these groups: one; two; three; four;
five; six; seven; eight; nine; ten; eleven; twelve; twenty; twenty-five;
fifty; one hundred.
We have received a message
from the planet Graidot in the Garbajio Galaxy. Their environmental pollution
is so bad that their world is slowly becoming a colorless, featureless gob
of gray goo. Unless they install some sensory organisms soon, they will
lose touch with reality. We have agreed to help.
By no later than...., bring
back one each of something: hot; frozen; sweet; sour; sticky; rough; smooth;
slippery; squishy; rubbery; wobbly; perfumed; stinking; salty; bitter;
cheesy; prickly; corrugated; colorful; pure.
The television game show, Scouting
Squares, is offering a grand prize of one trillion dollars. How to win?
Examine a 2.5 cm square of an object and, from that, identify the whole
object then bring in an example. The Den with the largest collection
of objects wins.
Scouter's Notes: You need
to assemble a series of 2.5 cm squares of different items. To avoid cutting
an object of value, make a template with a 2.5 cm square hole in it. The
template must be large enough to cover the object, except for the critical
2.5 cm square. Invite Dens to challenge each other by producing their
own series of samples.
The National Center for the
Visually Impaired is compiling a library of sounds to use in their training
programs. By no later than...., use your tape recorder to record 5-10 seconds
each of: cash register operating; telephone ringing; book pages flipping;
washing machine agitating; backpack zipper opening or closing; typewriter
pounding; Scout belt buckling; cloth ripping; group committee chairperson
singing O Canada; Scout with mouthful of crackers whistling; your PL at
the other end of a telephone call; piano playing; brass wind instrument
blowing; Scout playing Happy Birthday on paper and comb; shoes being brushed;
newspaper tearing; bell ringing; Scout blowing over the mouth of an empty
bottle; three hole punch punching; cellophane paper crackling; deck of cards
riffling; coffee pot percolating; popcorn popper popping; television commercial
blaring; paper bag bursting; magic marker squeaking; car starting; referee
whistle whistling; dog barking; three adult non-Scouts responding to your
polite request for their opinion of Scouting.
Earn bonus points by recording
a sound that no other Den can identify.
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