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A) 2005 B) 1981 C) 1993 D) 1966
A) limestone B) granite C) shale D) sandstone
A) Cumberland River B) Green River C) Mississippi River D) Ohio river
A) 40°F B) 54°F C) 60°F D) 70°F
A) Crystal River B) Echo River C) Subterranean River D) Grotto River
A) Tennessee B) Ohio C) Indiana D) Kentucky
A) Rocky Lodge B) Underground Resort C) Mammoth Cave Hotel D) Cavern Inn
A) Calvin Coolidge B) Theodore Roosevelt C) Herbert Hoover D) Woodrow Wilson
A) Seminole B) Choctaw C) Shawnee D) Cherokee
A) James Williams B) John Smith C) David Johnson D) Stephen Bishop
A) 1955 B) 1900 C) 1850 D) 1941
A) Iceberg Falls B) Rocky Cascades C) Flowing Rapids D) Frozen Niagara
A) Theodore Roosevelt B) George Washington C) Abraham Lincoln D) Thomas Jefferson
A) Edmonson County B) Barren County C) None, all listed counties are included D) Hart County
A) 1990 B) 1981 C) 1972 D) 2021
A) More than 426 miles B) Over 500 miles C) Less than 200 miles D) Exactly 300 miles
A) 100 million years B) 50 million years C) 10 million years D) 330 million years
A) Girkin Formation B) Ste. Genevieve Limestone C) St. Louis Limestone D) Big Clifty Sandstone
A) It is entirely impermeable B) Vertical cracks are exceptions C) It is composed of granite D) It contains no limestone layers
A) Grand Avenue B) Echo River C) Wild Caves D) Dark Passage
A) Exit 50 B) Exit 48 C) Exit 45 D) Exit 55
A) LED headlamps B) Visitor-carried paraffin lamps C) Candles D) Flashlights
A) Electric-lit routes B) Boat rides C) Wild tours D) Lighted tours
A) Alternative tours B) Wild tours C) Boat rides D) Lighted tours
A) 'Lost John' was intentionally buried as part of funerary practices. B) 'Lost John' was an accidental burial under a boulder. C) 'Lost John' was discovered in the main entrance area. D) 'Lost John' was found with ceremonial artifacts.
A) John Smith B) Mary Johnson C) Patty Jo Watson D) Robert Brown
A) The construction of permanent settlements in Mammoth Cave. B) The use of metal tools by ancient cultures. C) The development of written language. D) The transition from a hunter-gatherer culture to plant domestication and agriculture.
A) Radiocarbon testing B) DNA analysis C) Carbon dating D) Experimental archaeology
A) They are too fragile and will break if moved. B) They lose their historical value. C) Moving them contaminates the artifacts from a research perspective. D) It is illegal under federal law.
A) Cane torches, drawings, gourd fragments, and woven grass moccasin slippers B) Stone tablets with inscriptions. C) Metal tools and pottery shards. D) Ancient weapons and armor.
A) Burial mounds outside the cave. B) Cremated remains with ceremonial urns. C) Written records of funeral rites. D) Mummies representing intentional burial
A) The 1980s B) The 1950s C) The 1990s D) The 1970s
A) To recreate ancient cave paintings. B) To find new sections of the cave. C) To gain insight into the problems faced by ancient people. D) To test modern exploration equipment.
A) Valentine Simon B) John Houchin C) Thomas Lang Jr. D) William Pollard
A) £3,500 B) £4,116/13s/0d (£4,116.65) C) $10,000 D) £5,000
A) 50,000 acres B) 10,000 acres C) 45,310 acres (18,340 ha) D) 27,402 acres (11,089 ha)
A) Foo Fighters B) Creedence Clearwater Revival C) The Black Keys D) Black Stone Cherry
A) The New Entrance B) Unknown Cave C) Colossal Cave D) Crystal Cave
A) Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) B) Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) C) Red bat (Lasiurus borealis) D) Gray bat (Myotis grisescens)
A) Lillie Devereux Blake B) Nathaniel Hawthorne C) Edgar Allan Poe D) Mark Twain
A) Robert Davidson B) John Muir C) Bayard Taylor D) William Stump Forwood
A) Desert climate B) Tropical rainforest climate C) Mediterranean climate D) Humid subtropical climate (Cfa)
A) Twenty B) Fourteen C) Eight D) Ten
A) 1972 B) 1941 C) 1955 D) 1961
A) A bird named Pete who arrived around April 20 each year starting in 1938 B) A bird that was extinct by 1941 C) A bird that migrated annually to Canada D) A rare species discovered in the park
A) Tennessee B) Illinois C) Virginia D) Kentucky
A) 1933 B) 1926 C) 1924 D) 1941
A) 1910 B) 1908 C) 1920 D) 1906
A) Wilcox Passage B) Echo Canyon C) Tight Spot D) Hanson's Lost River
A) Timber B) Saltpeter reserves C) Gold mining D) Tourism
A) 1980 B) 1974 C) 1968 D) 1997
A) 1979 B) 2005 C) 1983 D) 1920s
A) Max Kämper. B) George Morrison. C) The Croghan family. D) Ed Bishop.
A) Military personnel B) Mechanical mining equipment C) Volunteer miners from nearby towns D) A labor force of 70 slaves
A) John Wilkes Booth B) Nathaniel Parker Willis C) Edwin Booth D) Robert Montgomery Bird
A) Wind passing through narrow passages. B) Echoes from distant explorers. C) Animal activity within the cave. D) Pareidolia
A) Mammoth Ridge B) Eudora Ridge C) Roppel Ridge D) Joppa Ridge
A) Magnesium flash photography B) Solar exposure technique C) Cyanide-based development process D) Chemical reaction with silver nitrate
A) The Louisiana Purchase B) The Treaty of Ghent C) The Jefferson Embargo Act of 1807 D) The Monroe Doctrine
A) Walt Whitman B) Emily Dickinson C) Donald Finkel D) Robert Frost
A) 1961 B) 1972 C) 1941 D) 1957
A) Roger Brucker B) Patty Jo Watson C) Joe Lawrence Jr. D) Robert Halmi
A) Franklin Gorin B) John Croghan C) Hyman Gratz D) Charles Wilkins
A) John Croghan's Dome B) Ole Bull's Concert Hall C) Franklin Gorin's Gallery D) Stephen Bishop's Chamber
A) John Wilcox B) Richard Zopf C) Warner P. 'Pete' Hanson D) Patricia Crowther
A) $300,000 B) $285,000 C) $250,000 D) $365,000
A) Johnny Dick Houchin B) Charles Houchin C) John Houchin D) Francis Houchin
A) George Morrison B) Alan Canon C) James Wells D) Jonathan Doyle
A) Valentine Simon B) Francis Houchin C) Charles Houchin D) John Decatur 'Johnny Dick' Houchin
A) 2005 B) 1983 C) 1979 D) 1976
A) Gary Eller B) Stephen Wells C) Cleveland Pinnix D) Tom Brucker
A) Oak/Hickory (100) B) Spruce/Fir (60) C) Grassland/Savanna (40) D) Pine/Scrub Oak (20)
A) John Wilcox B) Patricia Crowther C) Richard Zopf D) Warner P. Hanson
A) Billy Budd, Sailor B) The Confidence-Man C) Typee D) Moby-Dick
A) Francis Houchin B) Thomas Lang Jr. C) John Houchin D) Valentine Simon
A) A geologist. B) A young German mining engineer. C) An archaeologist. D) A cartographer.
A) Cave crayfish B) Cave salamander C) Red bat D) Eyeless cavefish
A) Private investments B) Donated funds C) Federal grants D) State taxes
A) Saivodus striatus B) Glikmanius careforum C) Troglocladodus trimblei D) Amblyopsis spelaea
A) Rick Schwartz B) A group of Michigan cavers C) National Speleological Society explorers D) The Detroit Urban Grotto members
A) He ran a tuberculosis hospital. B) He mined for gold and silver. C) He established a permanent settlement. D) He conducted geological research.
A) Arthur N. Palmer B) Harold Meloy C) Kenneth C. Carstens D) Patty Jo Watson
A) R. Taylor Hoskins B) Harry Thomas C) Joe Lawrence Jr. D) Roger Brucker
A) Northwestward B) Eastward C) Westward D) Southeastward
A) 0-939748-41-X B) 1837 C) 0-914264-28-1 D) 0-442-22675-6
A) 115 pounds B) 150 pounds C) 100 pounds D) 200 pounds
A) Robert Montgomery Bird B) Alexander Clark Bullitt C) Nathaniel Parker Willis D) Horace Martin
A) 8b B) 5a C) 6b D) 7a
A) Harold Meloy B) Patty Jo Watson C) Richmond F. Brown D) Kenneth C. Carstens |