A) A government mandate requiring all caves to be open to the public. B) Bitter competition between local cave owners for tourist money. C) An increase in agricultural productivity in the cave-country. D) The discovery of new passages in Mammoth Cave by Max Kämper.
A) Misleading signs were placed along roads leading to Mammoth Cave. B) Tourists were given free tours of other caves. C) All cave entrances were blocked off. D) Caves were closed for maintenance without notice.
A) A guide who led tourists through Mammoth Cave. B) The owner of a competing show cave during the 'Kentucky Cave Wars'. C) A young German mining engineer who produced an accurate survey of the cave. D) An American tourist who discovered new passages in Mammoth Cave.
A) It revealed that portions of Mammoth Cave were not under land they owned. B) The map contained errors and inaccuracies. C) Kämper did not have permission to create a map. D) The map was lost before it could be published.
A) George Morrison created new entrances to Mammoth Cave. B) The 'Kentucky Cave Wars' began. C) Mammoth Cave became accessible by steamboat with the construction of a lock and dam at Brownsville, Kentucky. D) Max Kämper arrived at Mammoth Cave.
A) Building new entrances to Mammoth Cave. B) Exploring the Flint Ridge Cave System and discovering Floyd Collins' Crystal Cave. C) Creating a map of Mammoth Cave. D) Leading tours at Mammoth Cave during the 'Kentucky Cave Wars'.
A) He was rescued and later died from injuries. B) He drowned while exploring a cave. C) He succumbed to an illness during his exploration. D) He died of starvation after being trapped in a tight crawlway.
A) Increased tourism at Mammoth Cave. B) A new law requiring all caves to be mapped. C) The formation of Mammoth Cave National Park in 1941. D) The end of the 'Kentucky Cave Wars'.
A) He opposed Kämper's efforts and tried to stop the survey. B) He assisted Kämper in producing an accurate instrumental survey. C) He was responsible for suppressing Kämper's map. D) He led tourists away from Mammoth Cave during the 'Kentucky Cave Wars'.
A) Created new entrances to Mammoth Cave via blasting. B) Led a successful rescue mission for Floyd Collins. C) Published Kämper's suppressed map. D) Mapped the entire Flint Ridge Cave System.
A) Mammoth Cave became inaccessible to tourists. B) It was shown that the Croghans exhibited portions of Mammoth Cave not under their land ownership. C) The 'Kentucky Cave Wars' ended immediately. D) Max Kämper returned to Berlin.
A) It was the oldest cave system on Earth. B) It was connected to Salts and Colossal Caves. C) It had a direct path to the ocean. D) It contained the largest underground lake in the world.
A) In 1906. B) In the early 1960s. C) In 1925. D) In 1941.
A) 30 B) 50 C) 70 D) 100
A) Over $150,000 B) Over $50,000 C) Over $200,000 D) Over $100,000
A) Charles Wilkins' estate's executors B) Valentine Simon C) John Croghan D) Franklin Gorin
A) Charles Wilkins B) Hyman Gratz C) Franklin Gorin D) John Croghan
A) Stephen Bishop B) Charles Wilkins C) Hyman Gratz D) Franklin Gorin
A) John Croghan B) Hyman Gratz C) Charles Wilkins D) Franklin Gorin
A) Establish a mining operation B) Create an art gallery C) Open a tourist inn D) Run a tuberculosis hospital
A) Nathaniel Parker Willis B) Charles Waldack C) John Muir D) Alexander Clark Bullitt
A) Magnesium flash photography B) Electric flash photography C) Infrared flash photography D) Chemical flash photography
A) Henry Irving B) Edwin Booth C) Lionel Barrymore D) John Wilkes Booth
A) Jenny Lind B) Maria Callas C) Luciano Pavarotti D) Enrico Caruso
A) Niccolò Paganini B) Itzhak Perlman C) Ole Bull D) Yehudi Menuhin
A) Patty Jo Watson B) Robert Brown C) John Smith D) Mary Johnson
A) DNA analysis B) Experimental archaeology C) Carbon dating D) Radiocarbon testing
A) 300 miles B) 426 miles C) 400 miles D) 500 miles
A) Ohio River B) Mississippi River C) Green River D) Nolin River
A) Big Clifty Sandstone B) St. Louis Limestone C) Ste. Genevieve Limestone D) Girkin Formation
A) Girkin Formation B) Ste. Genevieve Limestone C) Mississippian-aged limestone D) St. Louis Limestone
A) Frozen Niagara room B) Mississippi River C) Cedar Sink D) Flint Ridge
A) October 28, 2021 B) October 27, 1981 C) July 1, 1941 D) September 26, 1990
A) Triassic B) Cretaceous C) Mississippian D) Jurassic
A) 75,000 acres B) 30,000 acres C) 45,000 acres D) 52,007 acres
A) Hart County B) Edmonson County C) Barren County D) Flint County
A) Desert landscape B) Mountainous landscape C) Forested karst landscape D) Coastal landscape
A) Mississippi River B) Ohio River C) Nolin River D) Cedar River
A) International Dark Sky City B) International Biosphere Reserve C) International Dark Sky Park D) World Heritage Site
A) Frozen Niagara Falls B) Yellowstone Geyser C) Echo River D) Grand Avenue
A) Solar-powered lights B) LED headlamps C) Flashlights D) Visitor-carried paraffin lamps
A) Francis Houchin B) Charles Houchin C) John Decatur 'Johnny Dick' Houchin D) Valentine Simon
A) 1801 B) 1798 C) 1789 D) 1797
A) Exploring new land B) Collecting saltpeter C) Pursuing a wounded bear D) Searching for gold
A) Green River Entrance B) Turnhole C) Simon's Cave D) Houchin's Hole
A) Francis Houchin B) John Houchin C) Charles Houchin D) Valentine Simon
A) Fur trading B) Saltpeter reserves C) Tourism D) Gold mining
A) Half a mile B) Several miles C) Over ten miles D) Less than a mile
A) Kentucky B) Tennessee C) Illinois D) Missouri
A) May 25, 1926 B) 1933 C) July 1, 1941 D) December 26, 1951
A) Franklin Roosevelt B) Thomas Edison C) R. Taylor Hoskins D) John Croghan
A) July 1, 1941 B) December 26, 1951 C) May 22, 1936 D) April 20, 1938
A) Private donations only B) Eminent domain C) Federal grants D) Voluntary sales
A) Roger Brucker B) Harry Thomas C) William 'Bill' Austin D) Joe Lawrence Jr.
A) Joe Lawrence Jr. B) Robert Halmi C) Roger Brucker D) Patty Jo Watson
A) 1972 B) 1961 C) 1960 D) 1955
A) E. Robert Pohl B) Joe Lawrence Jr. C) Roger Brucker D) Jim Dyer
A) 1990 B) 1965 C) 1980 D) 1972
A) Richard Zopf B) Warner P. 'Pete' Hanson C) John Wilcox D) Patricia Crowther
A) Gary Eller B) Tom Brucker C) Cleveland Pinnix D) Stephen Wells
A) Fourteen B) Ten C) Twenty D) Eight
A) September 9, 1972 B) August 30, 1972 C) July 15, 1972 D) October 10, 1972
A) Six B) Four C) Five D) Eight
A) Alan Canon B) James Wells C) George Morrison D) Jonathan Doyle
A) 1976 B) 2005 C) 1979 D) 1983
A) Hoover Entrance B) Canon Entrance C) Morrison Entrance D) Doyle Entrance
A) 1979 B) 2005 C) 1976 D) 1983
A) National Speleological Society B) A group of Michigan cavers C) The Detroit Urban Grotto D) Rick Schwartz
A) Desert climate B) Mediterranean climate C) Tropical rainforest climate D) Humid subtropical climate (Cfa)
A) 5a B) 8b C) 6b D) 7a
A) Gray bat (Myotis grisescens) B) Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) C) Little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) D) Red bat (Lasiurus borealis)
A) Pine/Maple B) Spruce/Fir C) Birch/Evergreen D) Oak/Hickory (100)
A) Ammonites B) Crinoids C) Dinosaur bones D) Meteorite fragments
A) Newt B) Salamander C) Axolotl D) Eurycea lucifuga
A) Grasshopper B) Hadenoecus subterraneus C) Locust D) Cricket
A) Tarantulas B) Fishing spiders (Dolomedes spp.) C) Wolf spiders D) House spiders
A) Richard A. Watson B) Lillie Devereux Blake C) H. P. Lovecraft D) Donald Finkel
A) A sperm whale's stomach. B) The ocean depths. C) Captain Ahab's mind. D) Queequeg's home.
A) Donald Finkel B) Lillie Devereux Blake C) H. P. Lovecraft D) Joe Nickell
A) Black Stone Cherry B) Guided by Voices C) Metallica D) The Rolling Stones
A) Echolocation B) Pareidolia C) Sonar reflection D) Acoustic resonance
A) The formation of the Central Kentucky Karst Coalition. B) Stephen Bishop's exploration activities at Mammoth Cave. C) The 1954 week-long C3 expedition from different perspectives. D) Floyd Collins' entrapment and rescue attempts in 1925.
A) Harold Meloy B) Patty Jo Watson C) Kenneth C. Carstens D) Richmond F. Brown
A) Book chapter B) Journal article C) Master's thesis D) Doctoral dissertation
A) Preston McGrain B) Ann Livesay C) Richmond F. Brown D) Arthur N. Palmer
A) Harold Meloy B) Kenneth C. Carstens C) Ann Livesay D) Patty Jo Watson
A) 0-442-22675-6 B) Not applicable C) 0-939748-41-X D) 0-914264-28-1
A) Cave Books B) Micron Publishing Co. C) Van Nostrand Rheinhold D) Zephyrus Press
A) Ann Livesay B) Arthur N. Palmer C) Patty Jo Watson D) Richmond F. Brown |