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