1999 OTR History &
Cave Quiz
Judge: Bob Gulden
NSS #13188
1. What was the first cave to be mapped to a depth of over 1000 meters?
gouffre Berger
What Year?
1956
2. What cave was the world's deepest from 1966-1979?
reseau de la pierre Saint-Martin
3. Name all the locations where OTRs have been held:
Davis
Franklin
Marlinton
Petersburg
Bowden
Dailey
4. Name the 10 longest caves in the USA. (Lava tubes included)
a. Mammoth Cave System- Kentucky
b. Jewel Cave- South Dakota
c. Lechuguilla Cave- New Mexico
d. Fisher Ridge Cave System- Kentucky
e. Wind Cave- South Dakota
f. Friars Hole Cave System- West Virginia
g. Organ (Greenbrier) Cave System- West Virginia
h. Kazumura Cave- (Lava tube) Hawaii
i. Martin Ridge System-(Wig., Jackpot, Martin)- Kentucky
j. Blue Spring Cave- (Saltpeter) Tennessee
5. Name the 5 deepest caves in the USA. (Lava tubes included)
a. Kazumura Cave- (Lava tube)- Hawaii
b. Huehue Cave- (Lava tube)- Hawaii
c. Lechuguilla Cave
d. Columbine Crawl Cave- Wyoming
e. Great Ex(pectations) Cave
6. What was the name of the first cave to be mapped to over one (1) mile in total depth?
Lambrechtsofen-Vogelshacht (Austria)
7. What is KNO3?
Niter (Potassium nitrate)
8. What is CaCO3?
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate)
9. Cave art was first found in a cave near Les Eyzies, France. Hundred of other sites have been found in Europe as well as in
Paviland Cave in South Wales. Who were the artists?
Cro-Magnon man
10. What living thing has over 200 cave dwelling species?
Cave beetles
11. Name the 9 classes of known Troglobites of North America.
a. Tubellaria (flatworms)
b. Gastropoda (snails)
c. Crustacia
d. Diplodida (millipedes)
e. Chilopda (centipedes)
f. Insecta
g. Arachnida (spider relatives)
h. Osteichthyes (bony fishes)
i. Anphibia
12. What are deposited from water that moves in a nearly microscopic central canal from the point of attachment to the tip?
Helictites
13. What are formed by deposition around a nucleus while agitated by dripping water?
Cave Pearls
14. Name the Hotel where what was to become the first OTR was held.
Worden's Hotel in Davis, West Virginia
15. What year did TRA membership cards first come out?
1978
16. What vendor has been to more OTRs than any other?
Bob & Bob
17. How many caves of over 5.5 miles surveyed length are within a 20-mile radius of the OTR site?
1- Bowden Cave
18. Name the cave that has the earliest recorded visit in Randolph County, West Virginia.
The Sinks of Gandy, probably in 1854.
Who wrote the report of the trip?
David Hunter Strother
What was the pen name the author used when the report was published?
Porte Crayon
19. Name three (3) caves that are over 5 miles long within a 45-mile radius of the OTR site.
Hell Hole- Pendleton-8.50 miles, 460-depth
Simmons Mingo-My Cave System-Randolph/Pocahontas-6.7 miles, 683 depth
Cassell Cave System-Pocahontas-6.63 miles, 140 depth
Bowden Cave System- Randolph-5.78 miles, 191 depth
Arbogast-Cave Hollow Cave System- Tucker-5.019 miles, 310 depth
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