Merit Question Time!

2025  November Merit Questions

Each camper must submit their own answers!  Please do not send one answer sheet for multiple campers.  Earn TWO MERITS for each question answered correctly.  Email your answer sheets to one of the email
addresses below or print out the page and mail in.  All answers are due by the end of this month.

Campers  Name__________________________________Term____________

(Circle correct answer or fill in the blank)

1.  What is your favorite activity at camp?.             

2.  What star keeps all planets in our solar system in orbit?__________.      
           A.  The Earth       B. The Moon   C. The Sun    D. The North Star         

3.  What do we call a large body of salt water?
           A. An ocean       B. A river    C. A desert     D. A lake

4.  In tennis, if the score is tied 40-40 it is called a deuce. 
           A. True     B. False     

5. The Amazon River is the only river in the world that doesn’t have a bridge.
           A. True     B. False

6.  Who wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” ?
           A. George Washington     B. Francis Scott Key     C. John Adams     D. Tex Robertson

7. Plants need _________so they will not wilt.
           A.  wind        B.  sunlight       C. water      D. love 
           
8.  Mother alligators carry their babies in their mouths to protect them from predators.
           A. true          B. false         

9.  Squirrel's can do the following.
           A. Descend a tree head first.       B. Run away in a zig zag pattern
          C. Hold items with their front paws.   D. All of the above.

10. Swans need to live on the water at all times.
           A. true          B. false