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