How Well Would You Do on This Quiz From 1949?

In the October 1949 issue of Boys’ Life magazine, a Tenderfoot Scout named “Quizzie Jr.” challenged readers to a Scout skills quiz. Take it and see if you can do as well as your grandparents did.

28 Comments on How Well Would You Do on This Quiz From 1949?

  1. Darth vader // May 4, 2020 at 7:39 pm // Reply

    50 and iam a weblo

  2. 100 ezpz fun tho

  3. I know my 1949 Boys’Life!

  4. it is so i got 37%

  5. I got 100% on my first try. It would be nice to see the statistics from this.

  6. Boogerdemon238 // August 1, 2019 at 3:25 pm // Reply

    1 and 2 were no-brainers for me. I got 💯 too.

  7. i missed the last one . .
    ^

  8. 11-yr old Life Scout // June 8, 2019 at 8:33 pm // Reply

    I got 💯!

  9. that one weeaboo // February 16, 2019 at 8:12 am // Reply

    I’m not even a scout and I got a 100

  10. 68! Not even scout yet! I learned a lot from my uncle’s old book.

  11. I got 100%

  12. im a tender foot

  13. E Gamer 563 // August 17, 2018 at 2:32 pm // Reply

    awwwww! 25%

  14. HyperGamer650 // August 14, 2018 at 9:19 am // Reply

    6.8

  15. Anonymous Star Scout // August 12, 2018 at 8:41 pm // Reply

    7/8

  16. How do I use my digital watch as a compass?

    • Boogerdemon238 // August 1, 2019 at 3:27 pm // Reply

      I don’t even have any idea how that kid was using his regular watch as a compass xD

    • You need hands on your watch. You hold your watch horizontally, aspoint the hour hand at the Sun. South is halfway between there and 12 o’clock. Although, you might be able to imagine the hands and get a approximation…

  17. Squirrelzilla // August 1, 2018 at 12:56 pm // Reply

    I got em all right but my brother got 2/8 xD

  18. shark hunter 8,000,000 // July 23, 2018 at 7:27 pm // Reply

    I did fair.

  19. 100 percent, and I am not a Tenderfoot.

  20. 100%!!!

  21. wizzlemygnizzle // August 10, 2017 at 2:43 am // Reply

    has anyone noticed that noone is on 40-49%

  22. Eagle scout's sister // August 9, 2017 at 9:14 am // Reply

    I’m not in Boy Scouts and I got 100% first try

  23. Comet boi // June 6, 2017 at 4:09 pm // Reply

    50 I got 50 I guessed all of them

  24. MinecraftMeteorYT // May 26, 2017 at 4:35 pm // Reply

    the last one I thought it looked like sand from a beach so I saw sea gull and clicked it for 12 percent so I got an F

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