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