A) 1993 B) 1981 C) 1966 D) 2005
A) granite B) limestone C) shale D) sandstone
A) Cumberland River B) Ohio river C) Mississippi River D) Green River
A) 60°F B) 54°F C) 40°F D) 70°F
A) Echo River B) Subterranean River C) Grotto River D) Crystal River
A) Tennessee B) Indiana C) Ohio D) Kentucky
A) Mammoth Cave Hotel B) Underground Resort C) Rocky Lodge D) Cavern Inn
A) Calvin Coolidge B) Theodore Roosevelt C) Woodrow Wilson D) Herbert Hoover
A) Seminole B) Shawnee C) Choctaw D) Cherokee
A) David Johnson B) John Smith C) Stephen Bishop D) James Williams
A) 1941 B) 1955 C) 1850 D) 1900
A) Flowing Rapids B) Frozen Niagara C) Rocky Cascades D) Iceberg Falls
A) George Washington B) Thomas Jefferson C) Theodore Roosevelt D) Abraham Lincoln
A) None, all listed counties are included B) Hart County C) Barren County D) Edmonson County
A) 1972 B) 1990 C) 2021 D) 1981
A) Exactly 300 miles B) More than 426 miles C) Over 500 miles D) Less than 200 miles
A) 10 million years B) 100 million years C) 330 million years D) 50 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 45 B) Exit 55 C) Exit 50 D) Exit 48
A) Flashlights B) LED headlamps C) Candles D) Visitor-carried paraffin lamps
A) Lighted tours B) Wild tours C) Electric-lit routes D) Boat rides
A) Lighted tours B) Boat rides C) Wild tours D) Alternative tours
A) 'Lost John' was found with ceremonial artifacts. B) 'Lost John' was discovered in the main entrance area. C) 'Lost John' was intentionally buried as part of funerary practices. D) 'Lost John' was an accidental burial under a boulder.
A) Patty Jo Watson B) Robert Brown C) Mary Johnson D) John Smith
A) The transition from a hunter-gatherer culture to plant domestication and agriculture. B) The development of written language. C) The construction of permanent settlements in Mammoth Cave. D) The use of metal tools by ancient cultures.
A) Carbon dating B) DNA analysis C) Radiocarbon testing D) Experimental archaeology
A) They lose their historical value. B) Moving them contaminates the artifacts from a research perspective. C) It is illegal under federal law. D) They are too fragile and will break if moved.
A) Cane torches, drawings, gourd fragments, and woven grass moccasin slippers B) Stone tablets with inscriptions. C) Ancient weapons and armor. D) Metal tools and pottery shards.
A) Written records of funeral rites. B) Cremated remains with ceremonial urns. C) Mummies representing intentional burial D) Burial mounds outside the cave.
A) The 1980s B) The 1970s C) The 1950s D) The 1990s
A) To test modern exploration equipment. B) To gain insight into the problems faced by ancient people. C) To recreate ancient cave paintings. D) To find new sections of the cave.
A) William Pollard B) John Houchin C) Thomas Lang Jr. D) Valentine Simon
A) £4,116/13s/0d (£4,116.65) B) $10,000 C) £3,500 D) £5,000
A) 10,000 acres B) 50,000 acres C) 45,310 acres (18,340 ha) D) 27,402 acres (11,089 ha)
A) The Black Keys B) Black Stone Cherry C) Foo Fighters D) Creedence Clearwater Revival
A) Colossal Cave B) Unknown Cave C) The New Entrance D) Crystal Cave
A) Red bat (Lasiurus borealis) B) Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) C) Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) D) Gray bat (Myotis grisescens)
A) Lillie Devereux Blake B) Edgar Allan Poe C) Mark Twain D) Nathaniel Hawthorne
A) William Stump Forwood B) John Muir C) Robert Davidson D) Bayard Taylor
A) Tropical rainforest climate B) Mediterranean climate C) Humid subtropical climate (Cfa) D) Desert climate
A) Twenty B) Fourteen C) Eight D) Ten
A) 1961 B) 1955 C) 1972 D) 1941
A) A bird that migrated annually to Canada B) A rare species discovered in the park C) A bird that was extinct by 1941 D) A bird named Pete who arrived around April 20 each year starting in 1938
A) Tennessee B) Virginia C) Kentucky D) Illinois
A) 1941 B) 1926 C) 1924 D) 1933
A) 1908 B) 1910 C) 1906 D) 1920
A) Wilcox Passage B) Tight Spot C) Hanson's Lost River D) Echo Canyon
A) Saltpeter reserves B) Gold mining C) Timber D) Tourism
A) 1968 B) 1980 C) 1974 D) 1997
A) 1983 B) 1920s C) 2005 D) 1979
A) George Morrison. B) Max Kämper. C) The Croghan family. D) Ed Bishop.
A) Volunteer miners from nearby towns B) Mechanical mining equipment C) Military personnel D) A labor force of 70 slaves
A) Edwin Booth B) Robert Montgomery Bird C) Nathaniel Parker Willis D) John Wilkes Booth
A) Animal activity within the cave. B) Echoes from distant explorers. C) Pareidolia D) Wind passing through narrow passages.
A) Joppa Ridge B) Eudora Ridge C) Roppel Ridge D) Mammoth Ridge
A) Magnesium flash photography B) Cyanide-based development process C) Chemical reaction with silver nitrate D) Solar exposure technique
A) The Jefferson Embargo Act of 1807 B) The Monroe Doctrine C) The Treaty of Ghent D) The Louisiana Purchase
A) Robert Frost B) Donald Finkel C) Emily Dickinson D) Walt Whitman
A) 1972 B) 1961 C) 1957 D) 1941
A) Robert Halmi B) Roger Brucker C) Patty Jo Watson D) Joe Lawrence Jr.
A) Hyman Gratz B) Charles Wilkins C) John Croghan D) Franklin Gorin
A) Ole Bull's Concert Hall B) Stephen Bishop's Chamber C) John Croghan's Dome D) Franklin Gorin's Gallery
A) Patricia Crowther B) John Wilcox C) Richard Zopf D) Warner P. 'Pete' Hanson
A) $365,000 B) $300,000 C) $285,000 D) $250,000
A) Johnny Dick Houchin B) Francis Houchin C) John Houchin D) Charles Houchin
A) Alan Canon B) James Wells C) George Morrison D) Jonathan Doyle
A) Francis Houchin B) Charles Houchin C) John Decatur 'Johnny Dick' Houchin D) Valentine Simon
A) 2005 B) 1983 C) 1979 D) 1976
A) Tom Brucker B) Gary Eller C) Stephen Wells D) Cleveland Pinnix
A) Oak/Hickory (100) B) Spruce/Fir (60) C) Pine/Scrub Oak (20) D) Grassland/Savanna (40)
A) Patricia Crowther B) Richard Zopf C) Warner P. Hanson D) John Wilcox
A) Billy Budd, Sailor B) Moby-Dick C) The Confidence-Man D) Typee
A) John Houchin B) Thomas Lang Jr. C) Francis Houchin D) Valentine Simon
A) An archaeologist. B) A cartographer. C) A geologist. D) A young German mining engineer.
A) Cave salamander B) Red bat C) Cave crayfish D) Eyeless cavefish
A) Private investments B) Federal grants C) Donated funds D) State taxes
A) Glikmanius careforum B) Amblyopsis spelaea C) Troglocladodus trimblei D) Saivodus striatus
A) The Detroit Urban Grotto members B) A group of Michigan cavers C) National Speleological Society explorers D) Rick Schwartz
A) He conducted geological research. B) He established a permanent settlement. C) He mined for gold and silver. D) He ran a tuberculosis hospital.
A) Patty Jo Watson B) Arthur N. Palmer C) Kenneth C. Carstens D) Harold Meloy
A) Roger Brucker B) Harry Thomas C) Joe Lawrence Jr. D) R. Taylor Hoskins
A) Westward B) Southeastward C) Northwestward D) Eastward
A) 0-939748-41-X B) 0-442-22675-6 C) 0-914264-28-1 D) 1837
A) 150 pounds B) 100 pounds C) 115 pounds D) 200 pounds
A) Nathaniel Parker Willis B) Horace Martin C) Alexander Clark Bullitt D) Robert Montgomery Bird
A) 7a B) 5a C) 6b D) 8b
A) Harold Meloy B) Richmond F. Brown C) Kenneth C. Carstens D) Patty Jo Watson |