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