Caving Literature Quiz

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This Powerpoint file was used as an 'interlude' before the closing ceremony of the 1999 Hidden Earth conference, to fill the time whilst the stage was being set up.

The idea is not to try to score points and win a prize (its too hard for that!) but simply to appreciate the different ways 'caving' crops up in literature.

Credits: Charles Butcher & David Gibson. Most of the answers to this quiz come from well-known (or fairly well-known) classical and modern literature. There are also some quotations from cavers that you might recognise.

This quiz first saw the light of day in a CUCC expedition logbook. It was written up for Cambridge Underground 1983 by Chas Butcher. This 1999 version has additional material by Chas, and David Gibson.