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Book Learnin’

You might not know that ACA New England’s Lexington headquarters has a library full of books and magazines and pamphlets that you — yes, you, Camp Professional — might find totally useful and helpful.

What magical information is contained in these resources? Well, why not try your hand at these trivia questions, culled from the thousands of pages of print at your disposal:

  1. Naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton coined what word (he used it as the name of an imaginary Indian tribe) to describe a wide range of outdoor living skills?
    1. a) Chieftain Reading at Camp Timanous
    2. b) Iriquois
    3. c) Woodcraft
    4. d) Uggmugg
  2. For its first thirteen years, Camp Becket was one of two resident camps run by the State Executive Committee; Camp Durrell, on Moody Island in Maine, was the other. What caused Durrell to close in 1916?
    1. a) black flies
    2. b) destructive off-season snowstorms
    3. c) nearby German submarines
    4. d) smallpox
  3. The book Children ARE Human compares adolescence to which of the following:
    1. a) a trampoline
    2. b) a Shriners’ temple
    3. c) a carnival midway
    4. d) a fire department
  4. In Wilderness Cookery, which food is described this way: “If I were to describe it in a word, the word would be ‘honest,’ for it fills the hollow spaces and it is good and, after all, what more can we ask of food?”
    1. a) apple pie
    2. b) cheeseburger
    3. c) potato pancakes
    4. d) spaghetti and meatballs

You can find the answers to all of these questions and many more simply by checking resources out of our library. If you’re unable to visit our Lexington office, we’re happy to mail something to you. If you’re not sure what you want or need, contact us so that we can try and help you find the appropriate information!

This is your library, so here’s hoping you’ll make good use of it.

Answers to trivia questions: 1 - c, 2 - c, 3 - c, 4 - c

You can find print resources outside of our library, too. Check out the sites of other organizations that provide information and certification for your staff.