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