Q 01/05

What did the Michaud brothers feel coming from a small hole that led them to Jewel Cave in 1900?

A) Warm steam

B) Dripping water

C) Cold air

D) A faint tremor

Answer · why

C) Cold air

Cold air blasted out of a hole too small to crawl into, so the brothers widened it. The crystal-lined walls they found inside sparkled like jewels, wh...

Q 02/05

What must visitors prove they can do on the patio before joining Jewel Cave's Wild Caving Tour?

A) Climb a 30-foot knotted rope

B) Fit through an 8.5-inch gap

C) Carry a 40-pound pack

D) Walk a narrow balance beam

Answer · why

B) Fit through an 8.5-inch gap

Visitors must fit through an 8.5-inch gap, a test block 8.5 inches high and 24 inches wide. The tour itself is three to four hours of scrambling, chim...

Q 03/05

Which food gives its name to the long ribbon drapery that hangs along Jewel Cave's Scenic Tour?

A) Popcorn

B) Spaghetti

C) Fried eggs

D) Bacon

Answer · why

D) Bacon

Cave bacon is a thin, wavy drapery whose coloured mineral bands look like streaky meat. Jewel Cave's long strip hangs beside the paved half-mile loop ...

Q 04/05

Jewel Cave explorer Herb Conn spent a week each fall filling cracks in which famous rock landmark?

A) Mount Rushmore

B) Stone Mountain

C) Crazy Horse Memorial

D) Old Man of the Mountain

Answer · why

A) Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore was Herb's autumn job for 13 years, sealing cracks in its four carved faces. He and his wife Jan lived nearby for six decades without e...

Q 05/05

Which president made Jewel Cave the first cave protected as a US national monument, in 1908?

A) William McKinley

B) William Howard Taft

C) Woodrow Wilson

D) Theodore Roosevelt

Answer · why

D) Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt signed the proclamation on February 7, 1908. For half a century the cave was thought to be about two miles long; more than 220 mile...