Mammoth Cave National Park - Quiz
A) The discovery of new passages in Mammoth Cave by Max Kämper. B) A government mandate requiring all caves to be open to the public. 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) Misleading signs were placed along roads leading to Mammoth Cave. D) All cave entrances were blocked off.
A) An American tourist who discovered new passages in Mammoth Cave. B) A guide who led tourists through Mammoth Cave. C) A young German mining engineer who produced an accurate survey of the cave. D) The owner of a competing show cave during the 'Kentucky Cave Wars'.
A) The map contained errors and inaccuracies. B) It revealed that portions of Mammoth Cave were not under land they owned. C) Kämper did not have permission to create a map. D) The map was lost before it could be published.
A) Max Kämper arrived at Mammoth Cave. B) The 'Kentucky Cave Wars' began. C) Mammoth Cave became accessible by steamboat with the construction of a lock and dam at Brownsville, Kentucky. D) George Morrison created new entrances to Mammoth Cave.
A) Exploring the Flint Ridge Cave System and discovering Floyd Collins' Crystal Cave. B) Creating a map of Mammoth Cave. C) Building new entrances to Mammoth Cave. D) Leading tours at Mammoth Cave during the 'Kentucky Cave Wars'.
A) He died of starvation after being trapped in a tight crawlway. B) He succumbed to an illness during his exploration. C) He drowned while exploring a cave. D) He was rescued and later died from injuries.
A) The end of the 'Kentucky Cave Wars'. B) A new law requiring all caves to be mapped. C) Increased tourism at Mammoth Cave. D) The formation of Mammoth Cave National Park in 1941.
A) He assisted Kämper in producing an accurate instrumental survey. B) He led tourists away from Mammoth Cave during the 'Kentucky Cave Wars'. C) He was responsible for suppressing Kämper's map. D) He opposed Kämper's efforts and tried to stop the survey.
A) Published Kämper's suppressed map. B) Led a successful rescue mission for Floyd Collins. C) Mapped the entire Flint Ridge Cave System. D) Created new entrances to Mammoth Cave via blasting.
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 was connected to Salts and Colossal Caves. B) It contained the largest underground lake in the world. C) It was the oldest cave system on Earth. D) It had a direct path to the ocean.
A) In 1925. B) In the early 1960s. C) In 1941. D) In 1906.
A) 30 B) 70 C) 50 D) 100
A) Over $100,000 B) Over $200,000 C) Over $50,000 D) Over $150,000
A) Franklin Gorin B) John Croghan C) Charles Wilkins' estate's executors D) Valentine Simon
A) Franklin Gorin B) Hyman Gratz C) Charles Wilkins D) John Croghan
A) Franklin Gorin B) Charles Wilkins C) Stephen Bishop D) Hyman Gratz
A) John Croghan B) Franklin Gorin C) Charles Wilkins D) Hyman Gratz
A) Open a tourist inn B) Run a tuberculosis hospital C) Establish a mining operation D) Create an art gallery
A) Charles Waldack B) Nathaniel Parker Willis C) Alexander Clark Bullitt D) John Muir
A) Chemical flash photography B) Infrared flash photography C) Electric flash photography D) Magnesium flash photography
A) Henry Irving B) Edwin Booth C) Lionel Barrymore D) John Wilkes Booth
A) Maria Callas B) Luciano Pavarotti C) Jenny Lind D) Enrico Caruso
A) Ole Bull B) Niccolò Paganini C) Itzhak Perlman D) Yehudi Menuhin
A) John Smith B) Patty Jo Watson C) Robert Brown D) Mary Johnson
A) Carbon dating B) Radiocarbon testing C) Experimental archaeology D) DNA analysis
A) 500 miles B) 300 miles C) 400 miles D) 426 miles
A) Mississippi River B) Ohio River C) Green River D) Nolin River
A) Girkin Formation B) Ste. Genevieve Limestone C) St. Louis Limestone D) Big Clifty Sandstone
A) St. Louis Limestone B) Mississippian-aged limestone C) Ste. Genevieve Limestone D) Girkin Formation
A) Mississippi River B) Frozen Niagara room C) Flint Ridge D) Cedar Sink
A) September 26, 1990 B) October 28, 2021 C) October 27, 1981 D) July 1, 1941
A) Triassic B) Mississippian C) Jurassic D) Cretaceous
A) 52,007 acres B) 45,000 acres C) 75,000 acres D) 30,000 acres
A) Barren County B) Flint County C) Edmonson County D) Hart County
A) Forested karst landscape B) Mountainous landscape C) Coastal landscape D) Desert landscape
A) Ohio River B) Mississippi River C) Cedar River D) Nolin River
A) World Heritage Site B) International Biosphere Reserve C) International Dark Sky Park D) International Dark Sky City
A) Yellowstone Geyser B) Frozen Niagara Falls C) Echo River D) Grand Avenue
A) Flashlights B) Visitor-carried paraffin lamps C) LED headlamps D) Solar-powered lights
A) John Decatur 'Johnny Dick' Houchin B) Francis Houchin C) Charles Houchin D) Valentine Simon
A) 1798 B) 1801 C) 1797 D) 1789
A) Collecting saltpeter B) Exploring new land C) Searching for gold D) Pursuing a wounded bear
A) Simon's Cave B) Houchin's Hole C) Green River Entrance D) Turnhole
A) Francis Houchin B) Valentine Simon C) John Houchin D) Charles Houchin
A) Saltpeter reserves B) Fur trading C) Gold mining D) Tourism
A) Less than a mile B) Half a mile C) Several miles D) Over ten miles
A) Tennessee B) Missouri C) Illinois D) Kentucky
A) July 1, 1941 B) 1933 C) December 26, 1951 D) May 25, 1926
A) John Croghan B) Franklin Roosevelt C) R. Taylor Hoskins D) Thomas Edison
A) April 20, 1938 B) May 22, 1936 C) December 26, 1951 D) July 1, 1941
A) Voluntary sales B) Private donations only C) Federal grants D) Eminent domain
A) Harry Thomas B) Roger Brucker C) Joe Lawrence Jr. D) William 'Bill' Austin
A) Patty Jo Watson B) Roger Brucker C) Robert Halmi D) Joe Lawrence Jr.
A) 1972 B) 1955 C) 1960 D) 1961
A) E. Robert Pohl B) Joe Lawrence Jr. C) Jim Dyer D) Roger Brucker
A) 1980 B) 1965 C) 1972 D) 1990
A) John Wilcox B) Warner P. 'Pete' Hanson C) Patricia Crowther D) Richard Zopf
A) Gary Eller B) Tom Brucker C) Stephen Wells D) Cleveland Pinnix
A) Ten B) Eight C) Twenty D) Fourteen
A) July 15, 1972 B) August 30, 1972 C) September 9, 1972 D) October 10, 1972
A) Eight B) Four C) Five D) Six
A) George Morrison B) Jonathan Doyle C) James Wells D) Alan Canon
A) 1976 B) 1983 C) 1979 D) 2005
A) Hoover Entrance B) Canon Entrance C) Doyle Entrance D) Morrison Entrance
A) 1979 B) 1983 C) 2005 D) 1976
A) The Detroit Urban Grotto B) Rick Schwartz C) A group of Michigan cavers D) National Speleological Society
A) Humid subtropical climate (Cfa) B) Desert climate C) Tropical rainforest climate D) Mediterranean climate
A) 7a B) 8b C) 6b D) 5a
A) Little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) B) Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) C) Gray bat (Myotis grisescens) D) Red bat (Lasiurus borealis)
A) Spruce/Fir B) Birch/Evergreen C) Oak/Hickory (100) D) Pine/Maple
A) Crinoids B) Dinosaur bones C) Meteorite fragments D) Ammonites
A) Newt B) Eurycea lucifuga C) Salamander D) Axolotl
A) Grasshopper B) Cricket C) Locust D) Hadenoecus subterraneus
A) Tarantulas B) Fishing spiders (Dolomedes spp.) C) House spiders D) Wolf spiders
A) Richard A. Watson B) Lillie Devereux Blake C) H. P. Lovecraft D) Donald Finkel
A) The ocean depths. B) Captain Ahab's mind. C) A sperm whale's stomach. D) Queequeg's home.
A) H. P. Lovecraft B) Lillie Devereux Blake C) Donald Finkel D) Joe Nickell
A) Black Stone Cherry B) Metallica C) The Rolling Stones D) Guided by Voices
A) Acoustic resonance B) Echolocation C) Sonar reflection D) Pareidolia
A) The 1954 week-long C3 expedition from different perspectives. B) Floyd Collins' entrapment and rescue attempts in 1925. C) The formation of the Central Kentucky Karst Coalition. D) Stephen Bishop's exploration activities at Mammoth Cave.
A) Kenneth C. Carstens B) Richmond F. Brown C) Harold Meloy D) Patty Jo Watson
A) Journal article B) Book chapter C) Doctoral dissertation D) Master's thesis
A) Ann Livesay B) Preston McGrain C) Arthur N. Palmer D) Richmond F. Brown
A) Patty Jo Watson B) Harold Meloy C) Ann Livesay D) Kenneth C. Carstens
A) 0-939748-41-X B) 0-914264-28-1 C) Not applicable D) 0-442-22675-6
A) Micron Publishing Co. B) Zephyrus Press C) Van Nostrand Rheinhold D) Cave Books
A) Ann Livesay B) Patty Jo Watson C) Arthur N. Palmer D) Richmond F. Brown |
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