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