Original 57 Merit Badges

In 1911 Boy Scouts of America released 57 merit badges to achieve. Today exactly 26 of them are still achievable but the rest have either been split, merged, renamed, replaced, or straight up discontinued in the 114 years since. So try to identify all 57 badges below. This quiz is not for the faint of scouting ability! Good luck!

The letter the badge begins with is listed on the side to help you.

Badges signified with green are still available.

Badges with yellow were brought back only in 2010 for the centennial of Scouting.

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	Hint	Answer
A	Merged in 1975	Agriculture
A	Renamed in 1951	Angling
A	Still achievable	Archery
A	Still achievable	Architure
A	Still achievable	Art
A	Still achievable	Astronomy
A	Still achievable	Athletics
A	Replaced in 1963	Automobiling
A	Still achievable	Aviation
B	Renamed in 1914	Beefarming
B	Replaced in 1952	Blacksmithing
B	Still achievable	Bugling
B	Renamed in 1966	Business
C	Still achievable	Camping
C	Replaced in 1952	Carpentry

	Hint	Answer
C	Still achievable	Chemistry
C	Renamed in 1946 then split	Civics
C	Replaced in 1952	Conservation
C	Still achievable	Cooking
C	Split in 1926	Craftmanship
C	Still achievable	Cycling
D	Replaced in 1975	Dairying
E	Still achievable	Electricity
F	Renamed in 1995	Firemanship
F	Still achievable	First Aid
F	Renamed in 1972	First Aid to Animals
F	Still achievable	Forestry
G	Still achievable	Gardening
H	Replaced in 1946	Handicraft

	Hint	Answer
H	Still achievable	Horsemanship
I	Discontinued in 1952	Interpreting
I	Discontinued in 1914	Invention
L	Still achievable	Leatherworking
L	Still achievable	Lifesaving
M	Discontinued in 1995	Machinery
M	Split in 1966	Marksmanship
M	Discontinued in 1995	Masonry
M	Replaced in 1937	Mining
M	Still achievable	Music
O	Renamed in 1913	Ornithology
P	Still achievable	Painting
P	Discontinued in 1952	Pathfinding
P	Still achievable	Personal Health

	Hint	Answer
P	Still achievable	Photography
P	Still achievable	Pioneering
P	Still achievable	Plumbing
P	Renamed in 1913	Poultry Farming
P	Renamed in 1981	Printing
P	Still achievable	Public Health
S	Still achievable	Scholarship
S	Still achievable	Sculpture
S	Split in 1964	Seamanship
S	Discontinued in 1991	Signaling
S	Discontinued in 1952	Stalking
S	Still achievable	Surveying
S	Still achievable	Swimming
T	Discontinued in 1952	Taxidermy