Captain Cactus's Bushwalking Quiz #2

Some questions may have more than one answer - to be correct you need them all!

1) If you were bushwhacked you could be:
a) Mugged or robbed in the bush
b) Whacked in the face by a bush
c) Lost in the bush


2) If you went bushwalking on the moon:
a) A compass would be useful
b) A compass would be useless
c) Giant steps are what you'd take
d) Fuel costs would be doubled then divided by the total number in the space ship.

3) A scat is:
a) A small native cat found only in Tasmania
b) An animal's dropping
c) A bushwalker’s dropping
d) A fly's dropping

4) Bushwalkers' energy snack mix is called:
a) Scrogain
b) Rogain
c) Scroggin
d) Boggin
e) Dried food flatulence

5) Metho is a popular fuel because:
a) It is also good to drink after dinner
b) It is difficult to confuse with water if put in the wrong bottle
c) It is less volatile than shellite
d) It is more efficient than shellite

6) All things being equal, women are more liable to develop hypothermia than men:
a) True
b) False
c) It depends on how much they talk

7) If you were cold inside your sleeping bag you could:
a) Snack on high energy food
b) Perform aerobics inside your bag
c) Perform isometrics inside your bag.
d) Have a swig of port

8) Recommended food per day on an extended walk is:
a) One big mac - cold!
b) A pie and a stubby
c) 300gm (dried weight) as a general rule
d) 900gm (dried weight) as a general rule
e) 1500gm (dried weight) as a general rule

9) The bushwalkers' code of hut practice is:
a) Leave food scraps because rats make good emergency food
b) Stake out and cram the hut if you see another group coming
c) Leave your rubbish behind as someone in a 4WD will clean it away
d) Leave the hut cleaner than when you arrived

10) Langlaufing is Norwegian for:
a) Tobogganing
b) Rogaining
c) Cross-country skiing
d) Breaking wind
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