Basic Girl Scout knowledge quiz

Test yourself on Girl Scout knowledge!

1. Who was the founder of Girl Scouts in America? a) Susan B. Anthony, b) Juliette Gordon Low, c) Lord Robert Baden-Powell.
2. What was the founder's niece's name? a) Rose Jones, b) Daisy Gordon, c) Lily Smith.
3. What year was the first Girl Scout troop formed? a) 1912, b) 1842, c) 1990.
4. What is the Girl Scout slogan? a) "Never give up", b) "Be yourself", c) "Do a good turn daily".
5. How many Girl Scouts were there in 1916? a) 75,000, b) 3,000, c) 1,000,000.
6. What are the basics of Girl Scouting? a) the Promise and Law, b) the Junior Handbook, c) Octavia's Girl Scout Journey.

7. What is the Girl Scout motto?
8. When is the founder of Girl Scouts' birthday?
9. What are Girl Scouts in some other countries called?
10. When is the "birthday" of Girl Scouting?
11. When is Thinking Day?
12. What kind of ceremony welcomes girls into another level of Girl Scouts?
13. What kind of ceremony is for Brownies bridging to Juniors?
14. What is the formal way of greeting other Girl Scouts?
15. Demonstrate the Girl Scout "quiet sign".
16. Demonstrate the Girl Scout handshake.
17. Place the six Girl Scout age levels in order from youngest to oldest.
18. What does WAGGGS stand for?
19. Name any two of the four WAGGGS World Centers.

Fill in the following blanks with the correct letter: Match the special Girl Scout occasion with its date: a) March 12, b) February 22, c) April 22, d) October 31:
20. Juliette Gordon Low's birthday: _____
21. Thinking Day: _____
22. Girl Scout Birthday: _____
23. Girl Scout Leaders' Day: _____

24. What year was the first Girl Scout meeting in the USA? a) 1921, b) 1948, c) 1912, d) 2001.
25. What is the Girl Scout Motto?
26. What is the Girl Scout Slogan?
27. What is the best-selling Girl Scout cookie? a) Shortbread/Trefoil, b) Lemonades, c) Thin Mints, d) Peanut Butter Patties/Do-Si-Dos.
28. What is the name of the resident camp owned by the Girl Scout Council of Orange County? a) Camp Winaka, b) Camp Osito Ranch, c) Camp Scherman, d) Camp Azalea Trails.
29. What is the minimum number of hours of leadership required to earn the Girl Scout Leadership Award? a) 25, b) 15, c) 30, d) 20.
30. Thinking Day is on what date?
31. What is the highest award that a Girl Scout aged 11 to 14 or in the 6th to 9th grade can earn? a) Girl Scout Silver 4B Challenge, b) Girl Scout Silver Leadership Award, c) Girl Scout Silver Award, d) Girl Scout Silver Career Award.

Fill in the following blanks with the correct letter: What do the parts of the World Pin represent? a) eternal love of humanity, b) three parts of the Promise, c) compass needle "pointing the way", d) worldwide movement, e) Promise and Law
32. Vein: _____
33. Two stars: _____
34. Flame: _____
35. Trefoil leaves: _____
36. Circle border: _____

37. True or False: Pax Lodge is one of the five World Centers.
38. T or F: Girl Scout Thinking Day is February 22 because that was Juliette Gordon Low's birthday.
39. T or F: The membership pin with three girls' profiles was introduced in 1990.
40. T or F: The ceremony for girls new to Girl Scouting is called the investiture ceremony.
41. T or F: The Girl Scout Birthday is October 31.
42. T or F: The Silver Leadership Award is the highest award that can be earned by Girl Scouts from 11 to 14 years of age.
43. T or F: The week in which March 12 falls is designated as Girl Scout Week.
44. T or F: The Juliette Low World Friendship Fund was established to honor Juliette Gordon Low and her vision of worldwide friendship.
45. T or F: Our Chalet World Center is located in England.
46. T or F: When completing an Interest Project patch, you must complete one safety activity.

Match the following questions with the letter of the correct answer: a) World Center in London, b) Motto, c) October 31, d) GSUSA, e) Slogan, f) Birthplace, g) to welcome new members to Girl Scouting
47. investiture: _____
48. Juliette Low's birthday: _____
49. Savannah, Georgia: _____
50. "Do a good turn daily": _____
51. "Be prepared": _____
52. Girl Scouts of the United States of America: _____
53. Pax Lodge: _____

54. List the three "C" words found in the Girl Scout Mission Statement.
55. Put the following phrases of the Girl Scout Law in the correct order, using the numbers 1 through 10:

I will do my best to ...

_____ honest and fair
_____ use resources wisely
_____ respect myself and others
_____ make the world a better place
_____ considerate and caring
_____ friendly and helpful
_____ courageous and strong
_____ responsible for what I say and do
_____ to be a sister to every Girl Scout
_____ respect authority

56. Put the following phrases of the Girl Scout Promise in the correct order, using the numbers 1 through 4:

On my honor, I will try ...

_____ to help people at all times
_____ and to live by the Girl Scout Law
_____ [make the Girl Scout Sign]
_____ to serve God and my country

57. Who began the Girl Guides organization for girls?
58. Why are we called Girl Scouts and not Girl Guides in the United States?
59. In what year was WAGGGS founded?
60. Approximately how many Girl Guides and Girl Scouts are there in the world today?
61. How many member countries does WAGGGS have today?
62. Name the four World Centers and the countries in which they are located.
63. When is Thinking Day and what is its purpose?
64. What is the mission of WAGGGS?


Answers:

1. b) Juliette Gordon Low
2. b) Daisy Gordon
3. a) 1912
4. c) "Do a good turn daily"
5. b) 3,000
6. a) the Promise and Law
7. "Be prepared"
8. October 31
9. Girl Guides
10. March 12
11. February 22
12. bridging
13. fly-up
14. Girl Scout handshake
15.
16.
17. Daisy, Brownie, Junior, Cadette, Senior, Ambassador
18. World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
19. any two of the following: Pax Lodge (England), Our Chalet (Switzerland), Our Cabaña (Mexico), Sangam (India)
20. d) October 31
21. b) February 22
22. a) March 12
23. c) April 22
24. c) 1912
25. "Be prepared"
26. "Do a good turn daily"
27. c) Thin Mints
28. c) Camp Scherman
29. b) 15
30. b) February 22
31. c) Girl Scout Silver Award
32. c) compass needle "pointing the way"
33. e) Promise and Law
34. a) eternal love of humanity
35. b) three parts of the Promise
36. d) worldwide movement
37. F (it is one of four, not five)
38. F
39. F
40. T
41. F
42. T
43. T
44. T
45. F
46. F
47. i) to welcome new girls to Girl Scouting
48. e) October 31
49. h) Savannah, Georgia
50. g) "Do a good turn daily"
51. c) "Be prepared"
52. f ) GSUSA
53. a) the World Center in London, England
54. courage, confidence, character
55. I will do my best to ...

be honest and fair,
friendly and helpful,
considerate and caring,
courageous and strong, and
responsible for what I say and do, and to
respect myself and others,
respect authority,
use resources wisely,
make the world a better place, and
be a sister to every Girl Scout.

56. On my honor, I will try ...

[Girl Scout sign]
To serve God and my country,
To help people at all times,
And to live by the Girl Scout Law.

57. Agnes Baden-Powell
58. The name was changed from Girl Guides to Girl Scouts in 1913, because the word "guide" was too strongly related to Native American hunters, and also to distinguish the organization from the British Girl Guides.
59. 1928
60. 9 million
61. about 145 member countries
62. Our Cabaña in Cuernavaca, Mexico; Our Chalet in Adelboden, Switzerland; Pax Lodge in London, England; and Sangam in Pune, India
63. February 22; to honor our sister Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in other countries, and to remind us that Girl Scouts of the USA is part of a global community
64. "To enable girls and young women to develop their full potential as responsible citizens of the world"

For further reading on Girl Scout and Girl Guide history, try the following sites:

Girl Scouts of the USA (Wikipedia)
GSUSA Who We Are: Girl Scout History
History of Guiding and Scouting
Troop 1440 (Wakefield, Mass.) History of Girl Scouts

A 1922 recipe for Girl Scout cookies

For the Cookie Connection badge, we are learning about Girl Scout cookies. GSUSA has a brief history of this popular fund-raising project, and a recipe for one of the first cookies, which the girls baked themselves!

"The sale of cookies as a way to finance troop activities began as early as 1917, five years after Juliette Gordon Low started Girl Scouting in the United States. The earliest mention of a cookie sale found to date was that of the Mistletoe Troop in Muskogee, Oklahoma, which baked cookies and sold them in its high school cafeteria as a service project in December 1917.

In July 1922, The American Girl magazine, published by Girl Scout national headquarters, featured an article by Florence E. Neil, a local director in Chicago, Illinois. Miss Neil provided a cookie recipe that was given to the council's 2,000 Girl Scouts. She estimated the approximate cost of ingredients for six- to seven-dozen cookies to be 26 to 36 cents. The cookies, she suggested, could be sold by troops for 25 or 30 cents per dozen.

In the 1920s and 1930s, Girl Scouts in different parts of the country continued to bake their own simple sugar cookies with their mothers. These cookies were packaged in wax paper bags, sealed with a sticker, and sold door to door for 25 to 35 cents per dozen."

We found the dough to be rather soft and difficult to manage in our warm kitchen, and so it was easier to roll the dough into balls 1 to 1 1/2 inches in diameter (the size of a golf ball or large walnut) and stamp each ball with the bottom of a glass dipped in white sugar.

1922 Girl Scout Cookies

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar, plus more for topping (optional)
2 eggs
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder

Preheat oven to 375° F.

Cream butter and 1 cup sugar. In another bowl, beat the eggs lightly. Add eggs to butter mixture; add milk, vanilla, flour, salt, and baking powder, and mix well. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

Roll dough, cut into trefoil shapes, and sprinkle sugar on top, if desired.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the edges begin to brown.

Makes 6-7 dozen cookies.