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