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Many routes within this place were developed by the enslaved men Mat and Nick Bransford, whose descendants still guide visitors in it. For 10 points each:
[10m] The Echo River and Bottomless Pit are in what natural location that extends for over 400 miles? Enslaved man Stephen Bishop drew an early map of this location, where some visitors take the Violet City Lantern Tour.
ANSWER: Mammoth Cave, Kentucky [accept Mammoth Cave National Park]
[10e] Enslaved African Americans in Mammoth Cave mined this mineral, which derives from bat guano and is used to make gunpowder.
ANSWER: saltpeter [or potassium nitrate; or niter; accept calcium nitrate since that was the material most commonly excavated in Mammoth Cave and turned into potassium nitrate by later chemical processes]
[10h] Enslaved men also worked in Kentucky’s Great Saltpetre Cave, which consists mainly of this type of cave passage. In contrast to fully submerged phreatic passages, water can flow freely along the floor of these areas.
ANSWER: vadose cave passages [or vadose zones]
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TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2314.7891%57%0%