text: In this novel, a man relates the story of the “Trial of the Jawbone,” in which he debated an English scientist on the authenticity of a Quaternary fossil.
full_question: In this novel, a man relates the story of the “Trial of the Jawbone,” in which he debated an English scientist on the authenticity of a Quaternary fossil. A character in this novel almost starves his nephew to death when he forces him to go without food until they can decode a message written in a runic cipher by the alchemist Arne Saknussemm. The main characters of this book see a coastal plain full of massive mushrooms and a battle between two dinosaurs after entering the crater of an Icelandic volcano. For 10 points, name this work of “subterranean fiction” by Jules Verne.
first_sentence: In this novel, a man relates the story of the “Trial of the Jawbone,” in which he debated an English scientist on the authenticity of a Quaternary fossil.