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Quiz
Are you a cowardy custard or a gutsy
go-getter? Time to find out by taking
Girlguiding UK’s Adventure Pulse quiz
(even you boys can get stuck in!). Then
find out below how to have the most
adventurous summer ever!
1. Do you enjoy being a little scared?
a. Absolutely, I love rollercoasters.
b. Yes, it is fun sometimes.
c. Not really, it makes me feel nervous.
d. No! I hate being scared.
This is called ‘zorbing’ YOUR JOKE
. . . are you up for it?
A man goes to a fancy dress party
­carrying his girlfriend on his back. “What
have you come as?” ­someone asks.
“A snail”
“How do you make that out?”
“It’s Michelle!”
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2. How do you feel about trying new

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things? Why not make a differ-
a. I love trying things; I would like to 4. Circle all the adventurous Results ence to the environ-
try something new every week. activities you have tried. • Mostly a ment this holiday?
b. I like to give things a go. (0-2 circled=D, 2-3=C, 3-4=B, 5=A) Wow! There’s no Make a Morsbag out
c. Now and then, but only if a friend is • Kayaking (pictured below) ­stopping you. of your old school
doing it. • Mountain biking • Mostly b ­uniform. The idea
d. I hear about these crazy hobbies but • Grass sledging This is great, you’re is to get rid of plastic
I would never try them. • Ice skating one of life’s natural carriers which cause
• Bungee trampoline thrill-seekers! How ­pollution. Go to morsbags.
3. How would you feel about about some new com to find out all about them and
leaving behind your gadgets 5. How would you thrills? how to make them. I won a competi-
for a weekend? react to a plate full • Mostly c tion at the Knitting and Stitching show
a. Really happy! I like to of food you’ve You’re up for trying for the one I made and my prize was a
have a break from the never tried? new things – just. fantastic holiday in India for me and
TV and computer. a. I’d scoff the lot. ­Follow our tips and my family. We went in the Easter holi-
b. OK. I have been b. Do my best to you’ll get your pulse days this year. I visited so many places
known to leave the try it all. racing. including the Taj Mahal and I rode on
TV for a while. c. Pick one thing • Mostly d a rickshaw around the streets of Delhi.
c. Bit nervous, I like on the plate and It seems your nerves At the end of the ­holiday we went to
TV too much. chew cautiously. are getting in the the tea ­plantations in the south where
d. Terrified. I like d. I would not eat way. Don’t worry, I was taken to ­textile workshops. I also
luxury! any of it. you can do it! had a ride on an elephant.
Lottie Walden, 8

How to... be adventurous YOU’RE A WINNER

Congratulations Gregory Woodward,
we loved your banana joke, so you’re
• Camping out • Try a or centi- get your friend to
our Winner of the Week. We’ll be send-
is a real adven- nature hike pedes). Take lay five different
ing you a bag of ­goodies including
ture, especially Challenge a pen and foods on a plate
101 Things to do on the ­Holidays, a
when you have to yourself paper to write and then taste
3D ­virtual pop-up book from ­Carlton
make your own to find down or draw them blindfolded. is left or right, Books, a family ticket to the Eden
shelter. ­Collect five or more what you find. and at every Project and a summer adventure kit.
materials that mini beasts and If you’re feeling • Go on junction flip Want to be a winner? Then send your reviews,
can be ­recycled – creepy-crawlies ­really adventur- a penny the coin and pet profiles, jokes, tips and more to g2kids@
cardboard boxes, (such as caterpil- ous, and your hike ­follow your guardian.co.uk. We’ll print the best and one
string etc – and lars, ladybirds, mum or dad isn’t Take a fate! Take lucky winner each week will get a goodie bag.
use these butterflies, too scared to go coin on a ­photographs
to ­create moths with you, why walk, decide along the way Yesterday’s answers
a night not try a night- if heads or tails and make a scrap- Word scramble Tennis, football, table tennis,
hockey, cricket
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