[NMCAVER] Sulfuric-acid speleogenesis in popular culture

[DONALD G. DAVIS]

      It seems that sulfuric-acid speleogenesis is now a 100% mainstream
idea; it's gotten into game shows!  I watched "Jeopardy" yesterday.  The
episode had a category "Welcome to Carlsbad Caverns."  It had questions on
the stalactites, cave swallows, bats, etc.  The $2,000 item: "the cave was
formed by this acid... ["H2SO4" shown on screen]."  One contestant gave
the correct response, "What is sulfuric acid?"  (Of course, a right answer
would have been more impressive if they hadn't shown the formula.)

                                                        --Donald