A) An increase in agricultural productivity in the cave-country. B) A government mandate requiring all caves to be open to the public. C) Bitter competition between local cave owners for tourist money. D) The discovery of new passages in Mammoth Cave by Max Kämper.
A) Tourists were given free tours of other caves. B) Misleading signs were placed along roads leading to Mammoth Cave. C) All cave entrances were blocked off. D) Caves were closed for maintenance without notice.
A) An American tourist who discovered new passages in Mammoth Cave. B) The owner of a competing show cave during the 'Kentucky Cave Wars'. C) A guide who led tourists through Mammoth Cave. D) A young German mining engineer who produced an accurate survey of the cave.
A) The map contained errors and inaccuracies. B) The map was lost before it could be published. C) It revealed that portions of Mammoth Cave were not under land they owned. D) Kämper did not have permission to create a map.
A) George Morrison created new entrances to Mammoth Cave. B) The 'Kentucky Cave Wars' began. C) Max Kämper arrived at Mammoth Cave. D) Mammoth Cave became accessible by steamboat with the construction of a lock and dam at Brownsville, Kentucky.
A) Exploring the Flint Ridge Cave System and discovering Floyd Collins' Crystal Cave. B) Leading tours at Mammoth Cave during the 'Kentucky Cave Wars'. C) Building new entrances to Mammoth Cave. D) Creating a map of Mammoth Cave.
A) He was rescued and later died from injuries. B) He succumbed to an illness during his exploration. C) He died of starvation after being trapped in a tight crawlway. D) He drowned while exploring a cave.
A) Increased tourism at Mammoth Cave. B) The formation of Mammoth Cave National Park in 1941. C) A new law requiring all caves to be mapped. D) The end of the 'Kentucky Cave Wars'.
A) He led tourists away from Mammoth Cave during the 'Kentucky Cave Wars'. B) He opposed Kämper's efforts and tried to stop the survey. C) He was responsible for suppressing Kämper's map. D) He assisted Kämper in producing an accurate instrumental survey.
A) Led a successful rescue mission for Floyd Collins. B) Published Kämper's suppressed map. C) Created new entrances to Mammoth Cave via blasting. D) Mapped the entire Flint Ridge Cave System.
A) The 'Kentucky Cave Wars' ended immediately. B) It was shown that the Croghans exhibited portions of Mammoth Cave not under their land ownership. C) Max Kämper returned to Berlin. D) Mammoth Cave became inaccessible to tourists.
A) It was the oldest cave system on Earth. B) It contained the largest underground lake in the world. C) It was connected to Salts and Colossal Caves. D) It had a direct path to the ocean.
A) In 1906. B) In 1941. C) In the early 1960s. D) In 1925.
A) 70 B) 100 C) 50 D) 30
A) Over $200,000 B) Over $100,000 C) Over $150,000 D) Over $50,000
A) Franklin Gorin B) Charles Wilkins' estate's executors C) John Croghan D) Valentine Simon
A) John Croghan B) Hyman Gratz C) Franklin Gorin D) Charles Wilkins
A) Charles Wilkins B) Franklin Gorin C) Stephen Bishop D) Hyman Gratz
A) John Croghan B) Charles Wilkins C) Hyman Gratz D) Franklin Gorin
A) Open a tourist inn B) Establish a mining operation C) Run a tuberculosis hospital D) Create an art gallery
A) Charles Waldack B) Alexander Clark Bullitt C) John Muir D) Nathaniel Parker Willis
A) Infrared flash photography B) Magnesium flash photography C) Chemical flash photography D) Electric flash photography
A) Lionel Barrymore B) Henry Irving C) John Wilkes Booth D) Edwin Booth
A) Luciano Pavarotti B) Enrico Caruso C) Jenny Lind D) Maria Callas
A) Ole Bull B) Niccolò Paganini C) Yehudi Menuhin D) Itzhak Perlman
A) John Smith B) Patty Jo Watson C) Robert Brown D) Mary Johnson
A) DNA analysis B) Radiocarbon testing C) Experimental archaeology D) Carbon dating
A) 400 miles B) 300 miles C) 500 miles D) 426 miles
A) Ohio River B) Mississippi River C) Nolin River D) Green River
A) St. Louis Limestone B) Ste. Genevieve Limestone C) Big Clifty Sandstone D) Girkin Formation
A) Mississippian-aged limestone B) Ste. Genevieve Limestone C) Girkin Formation D) St. Louis Limestone
A) Flint Ridge B) Cedar Sink C) Frozen Niagara room D) Mississippi River
A) October 28, 2021 B) October 27, 1981 C) September 26, 1990 D) July 1, 1941
A) Jurassic B) Triassic C) Cretaceous D) Mississippian
A) 45,000 acres B) 52,007 acres C) 75,000 acres D) 30,000 acres
A) Flint County B) Edmonson County C) Barren County D) Hart County
A) Forested karst landscape B) Desert landscape C) Mountainous landscape D) Coastal landscape
A) Cedar River B) Nolin River C) Ohio River D) Mississippi River
A) International Dark Sky Park B) International Dark Sky City C) World Heritage Site D) International Biosphere Reserve
A) Frozen Niagara Falls B) Grand Avenue C) Yellowstone Geyser D) Echo River
A) Solar-powered lights B) Flashlights C) Visitor-carried paraffin lamps D) LED headlamps
A) Charles Houchin B) Valentine Simon C) Francis Houchin D) John Decatur 'Johnny Dick' Houchin
A) 1797 B) 1798 C) 1789 D) 1801
A) Collecting saltpeter B) Searching for gold C) Exploring new land D) Pursuing a wounded bear
A) Green River Entrance B) Houchin's Hole C) Simon's Cave D) Turnhole
A) Valentine Simon B) John Houchin C) Charles Houchin D) Francis Houchin
A) Gold mining B) Fur trading C) Tourism D) Saltpeter reserves
A) Less than a mile B) Several miles C) Half a mile D) Over ten miles
A) Kentucky B) Tennessee C) Missouri D) Illinois
A) May 25, 1926 B) December 26, 1951 C) 1933 D) July 1, 1941
A) Thomas Edison B) John Croghan C) R. Taylor Hoskins D) Franklin Roosevelt
A) July 1, 1941 B) April 20, 1938 C) December 26, 1951 D) May 22, 1936
A) Private donations only B) Federal grants C) Eminent domain D) Voluntary sales
A) Joe Lawrence Jr. B) Roger Brucker C) Harry Thomas D) William 'Bill' Austin
A) Roger Brucker B) Joe Lawrence Jr. C) Patty Jo Watson D) Robert Halmi
A) 1961 B) 1960 C) 1972 D) 1955
A) Joe Lawrence Jr. B) Roger Brucker C) E. Robert Pohl D) Jim Dyer
A) 1980 B) 1990 C) 1965 D) 1972
A) John Wilcox B) Patricia Crowther C) Richard Zopf D) Warner P. 'Pete' Hanson
A) Gary Eller B) Cleveland Pinnix C) Tom Brucker D) Stephen Wells
A) Ten B) Eight C) Twenty D) Fourteen
A) October 10, 1972 B) September 9, 1972 C) August 30, 1972 D) July 15, 1972
A) Eight B) Six C) Five D) Four
A) George Morrison B) Alan Canon C) Jonathan Doyle D) James Wells
A) 1976 B) 2005 C) 1983 D) 1979
A) Doyle Entrance B) Morrison Entrance C) Hoover Entrance D) Canon Entrance
A) 1983 B) 1979 C) 2005 D) 1976
A) National Speleological Society B) Rick Schwartz C) A group of Michigan cavers D) The Detroit Urban Grotto
A) Desert climate B) Humid subtropical climate (Cfa) C) Mediterranean climate D) Tropical rainforest climate
A) 6b B) 7a C) 5a D) 8b
A) Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) B) Red bat (Lasiurus borealis) C) Little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) D) Gray bat (Myotis grisescens)
A) Oak/Hickory (100) B) Pine/Maple C) Spruce/Fir D) Birch/Evergreen
A) Dinosaur bones B) Crinoids C) Ammonites D) Meteorite fragments
A) Newt B) Salamander C) Axolotl D) Eurycea lucifuga
A) Hadenoecus subterraneus B) Cricket C) Grasshopper D) Locust
A) Wolf spiders B) Tarantulas C) Fishing spiders (Dolomedes spp.) D) House spiders
A) Richard A. Watson B) H. P. Lovecraft C) Lillie Devereux Blake D) Donald Finkel
A) A sperm whale's stomach. B) The ocean depths. C) Queequeg's home. D) Captain Ahab's mind.
A) Donald Finkel B) Lillie Devereux Blake C) Joe Nickell D) H. P. Lovecraft
A) Metallica B) The Rolling Stones C) Black Stone Cherry D) Guided by Voices
A) Pareidolia B) Acoustic resonance C) Echolocation D) Sonar reflection
A) Floyd Collins' entrapment and rescue attempts in 1925. B) The formation of the Central Kentucky Karst Coalition. C) Stephen Bishop's exploration activities at Mammoth Cave. D) The 1954 week-long C3 expedition from different perspectives.
A) Kenneth C. Carstens B) Harold Meloy C) Richmond F. Brown D) Patty Jo Watson
A) Journal article B) Book chapter C) Master's thesis D) Doctoral dissertation
A) Richmond F. Brown B) Arthur N. Palmer C) Ann Livesay D) Preston McGrain
A) Patty Jo Watson B) Harold Meloy C) Kenneth C. Carstens D) Ann Livesay
A) 0-442-22675-6 B) 0-939748-41-X C) Not applicable D) 0-914264-28-1
A) Cave Books B) Micron Publishing Co. C) Zephyrus Press D) Van Nostrand Rheinhold
A) Ann Livesay B) Patty Jo Watson C) Richmond F. Brown D) Arthur N. Palmer |