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