A) 2005 B) 1966 C) 1993 D) 1981
A) shale B) limestone C) sandstone D) granite
A) Mississippi River B) Ohio river C) Green River D) Cumberland River
A) 70°F B) 40°F C) 54°F D) 60°F
A) Crystal River B) Subterranean River C) Grotto River D) Echo River
A) Kentucky B) Indiana C) Tennessee D) Ohio
A) Cavern Inn B) Underground Resort C) Rocky Lodge D) Mammoth Cave Hotel
A) Herbert Hoover B) Woodrow Wilson C) Theodore Roosevelt D) Calvin Coolidge
A) Seminole B) Cherokee C) Shawnee D) Choctaw
A) James Williams B) Stephen Bishop C) David Johnson D) John Smith
A) 1900 B) 1941 C) 1955 D) 1850
A) Rocky Cascades B) Flowing Rapids C) Iceberg Falls D) Frozen Niagara
A) Abraham Lincoln B) George Washington C) Theodore Roosevelt D) Thomas Jefferson
A) None, all listed counties are included B) Barren County C) Edmonson County D) Hart County
A) 1972 B) 1990 C) 1981 D) 2021
A) Exactly 300 miles B) More than 426 miles C) Less than 200 miles D) Over 500 miles
A) 100 million years B) 50 million years C) 10 million years D) 330 million years
A) Ste. Genevieve Limestone B) Big Clifty Sandstone C) Girkin Formation D) St. Louis Limestone
A) It is entirely impermeable B) It contains no limestone layers C) It is composed of granite D) Vertical cracks are exceptions
A) Grand Avenue B) Echo River C) Wild Caves D) Dark Passage
A) Exit 48 B) Exit 50 C) Exit 45 D) Exit 55
A) Candles B) LED headlamps C) Flashlights D) Visitor-carried paraffin lamps
A) Wild tours B) Electric-lit routes C) Boat rides D) Lighted tours
A) Boat rides B) Lighted tours C) Alternative tours D) Wild tours
A) 'Lost John' was intentionally buried as part of funerary practices. B) 'Lost John' was found with ceremonial artifacts. C) 'Lost John' was discovered in the main entrance area. D) 'Lost John' was an accidental burial under a boulder.
A) Patty Jo Watson B) Robert Brown C) John Smith D) Mary Johnson
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) They are too fragile and will break if moved. C) It is illegal under federal law. D) Moving them contaminates the artifacts from a research perspective.
A) Cane torches, drawings, gourd fragments, and woven grass moccasin slippers B) Metal tools and pottery shards. C) Stone tablets with inscriptions. D) Ancient weapons and armor.
A) Burial mounds outside the cave. B) Cremated remains with ceremonial urns. C) Mummies representing intentional burial D) Written records of funeral rites.
A) The 1950s B) The 1990s C) The 1970s D) The 1980s
A) To recreate ancient cave paintings. B) To find new sections of the cave. C) To test modern exploration equipment. D) To gain insight into the problems faced by ancient people.
A) Valentine Simon B) William Pollard C) Thomas Lang Jr. D) John Houchin
A) £3,500 B) £4,116/13s/0d (£4,116.65) C) £5,000 D) $10,000
A) 27,402 acres (11,089 ha) B) 50,000 acres C) 10,000 acres D) 45,310 acres (18,340 ha)
A) Creedence Clearwater Revival B) Black Stone Cherry C) Foo Fighters D) The Black Keys
A) The New Entrance B) Unknown Cave C) Crystal Cave D) Colossal Cave
A) Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) B) Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) C) Red bat (Lasiurus borealis) D) Gray bat (Myotis grisescens)
A) Edgar Allan Poe B) Nathaniel Hawthorne C) Mark Twain D) Lillie Devereux Blake
A) Bayard Taylor B) Robert Davidson C) William Stump Forwood D) John Muir
A) Tropical rainforest climate B) Mediterranean climate C) Desert climate D) Humid subtropical climate (Cfa)
A) Eight B) Twenty C) Fourteen D) Ten
A) 1955 B) 1961 C) 1941 D) 1972
A) A bird named Pete who arrived around April 20 each year starting in 1938 B) A rare species discovered in the park C) A bird that was extinct by 1941 D) A bird that migrated annually to Canada
A) Tennessee B) Virginia C) Kentucky D) Illinois
A) 1924 B) 1941 C) 1933 D) 1926
A) 1920 B) 1906 C) 1910 D) 1908
A) Tight Spot B) Echo Canyon C) Wilcox Passage D) Hanson's Lost River
A) Saltpeter reserves B) Gold mining C) Timber D) Tourism
A) 1997 B) 1980 C) 1974 D) 1968
A) 1983 B) 1979 C) 1920s D) 2005
A) Ed Bishop. B) George Morrison. C) Max Kämper. 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) John Wilkes Booth B) Edwin Booth C) Nathaniel Parker Willis D) Robert Montgomery Bird
A) Wind passing through narrow passages. B) Animal activity within the cave. C) Pareidolia D) Echoes from distant explorers.
A) Roppel Ridge B) Joppa Ridge C) Mammoth Ridge D) Eudora Ridge
A) Cyanide-based development process B) Magnesium flash photography C) Solar exposure technique D) Chemical reaction with silver nitrate
A) The Louisiana Purchase B) The Jefferson Embargo Act of 1807 C) The Monroe Doctrine D) The Treaty of Ghent
A) Walt Whitman B) Donald Finkel C) Robert Frost D) Emily Dickinson
A) 1972 B) 1941 C) 1957 D) 1961
A) Robert Halmi B) Patty Jo Watson C) Roger Brucker D) Joe Lawrence Jr.
A) Charles Wilkins B) Franklin Gorin C) Hyman Gratz D) John Croghan
A) John Croghan's Dome B) Stephen Bishop's Chamber C) Ole Bull's Concert Hall D) Franklin Gorin's Gallery
A) Richard Zopf B) John Wilcox C) Patricia Crowther D) Warner P. 'Pete' Hanson
A) $300,000 B) $365,000 C) $285,000 D) $250,000
A) John Houchin B) Francis Houchin C) Johnny Dick Houchin D) Charles Houchin
A) Alan Canon B) James Wells C) Jonathan Doyle D) George Morrison
A) Charles Houchin B) Francis Houchin C) Valentine Simon D) John Decatur 'Johnny Dick' Houchin
A) 1976 B) 1983 C) 1979 D) 2005
A) Gary Eller B) Stephen Wells 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) Warner P. Hanson C) Patricia Crowther D) John Wilcox
A) The Confidence-Man B) Billy Budd, Sailor C) Typee D) Moby-Dick
A) Thomas Lang Jr. B) John Houchin C) Francis Houchin D) Valentine Simon
A) A cartographer. B) An archaeologist. C) A young German mining engineer. D) A geologist.
A) Cave crayfish B) Red bat C) Eyeless cavefish D) Cave salamander
A) Private investments B) Donated funds C) Federal grants D) State taxes
A) Saivodus striatus B) Glikmanius careforum C) Amblyopsis spelaea D) Troglocladodus trimblei
A) A group of Michigan cavers B) National Speleological Society explorers C) The Detroit Urban Grotto members D) Rick Schwartz
A) He mined for gold and silver. B) He conducted geological research. C) He ran a tuberculosis hospital. D) He established a permanent settlement.
A) Arthur N. Palmer B) Kenneth C. Carstens C) Harold Meloy D) Patty Jo Watson
A) R. Taylor Hoskins B) Joe Lawrence Jr. C) Roger Brucker D) Harry Thomas
A) Westward B) Northwestward C) Eastward D) Southeastward
A) 1837 B) 0-914264-28-1 C) 0-442-22675-6 D) 0-939748-41-X
A) 100 pounds B) 115 pounds C) 150 pounds D) 200 pounds
A) Nathaniel Parker Willis B) Alexander Clark Bullitt C) Robert Montgomery Bird D) Horace Martin
A) 7a B) 6b C) 8b D) 5a
A) Patty Jo Watson B) Harold Meloy C) Kenneth C. Carstens D) Richmond F. Brown |