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