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Event #11 MARBLES
1950 Scouts would have played this game at home as well as with their patrol before the scout meetings started.
Scouts will gather around a marble ring, each scout in turn will try and shoot the marbles out of the circle. This will be a timed event, based on how many marbles are hit outside the circle in a given time. Scouts are welcome to being their own "shooter".
Event #12 PATROL SPRIT
1957 The Fourth National Jamboree, at Valley Forge July 12-19, attracts 50,000 Scouts and Explorers.
Working together with all the balls This event is to be keep secret until scout arrive at event.
Event #13 SMART PATROL
1958 there was a CBS television quiz show in the U.S., The $64,000 Question, based on the radio show. The first question was the $64 dollar one, and the contestants then worked their way up to the top prize, $64,000.00
Could your patrol earn $64,000.00 by answering questions. This will be a timed event, faster patrol with all the answers correct will win the top prize. This event is to be keep secret until scout arrive at event.
Event #14 ONE PATROL STEP AT A TIME
1969 Eagle Scout Neil Armstrong becomes the first man on the moon.
Neil Armstrong's one step for mankind was a lot easer than one step with a patrol attached.
Required: 2 rope lengths per scout - 2 or 3 feet long. Each scout is given his two ropes.
Patrol lines up with patrol leader at front of line. On 'GO' signal, each scout ties a rope around his own right ankle and the ankle of the scout in front of him using clove hitches. He then ties the second rope on the left ankles using taut-line hitches.
When all scouts are connected, the patrol leader leads the centipede around a marker and back.
When they cross the finish line, scouts untie, line up, and give patrol yell.
This is a timed event best shortest overall time wins.
Event #15 TRANSFERRING
1970 Eagle Scout Jim Lovell safely returns the damaged Apollo 13 space ship to earth. Sometimes we have to use our head and our hands and work to solve the problems like they did with the space ship.
Required: 3 staffs, broomsticks, or sticks
2 - 3 foot ropes - 2 feet of twine - 3 wooden matches - 2 candles
Preparation: Put all materials except one candle at the starting line.
Place the candle as far away from the starting line as the 3 staffs will reach when lashed together. Light this candle. Stand the unlit candle up by the starting line - this candle can not be moved. There is fire on the other side of a river. The group needs to transfer that fire to their side of the river. They should lash the 3 staffs together using the rope and then tie a match to the end with the twine.
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