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FBI Quiz Traditional Geocache

This cache has been archived.

The Rat: The cache has gone missing, and was vandalized once before. I think someone who was frustrated over the quiz took revenge. This requires too much maintenance - in going to the cache, answering emails about the quiz questions, etc. It turned out to be more trouble than I originally thought, and not one of my more popular ones, so I'm archiving it.

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Hidden : 11/10/2002
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

An urban cache with a civics lesson. The posted coordinates are not the true coordinates. To obtain the correct coordinates, take the quiz below and follow the instructions at the end.


Try to research or guess the correct answers, but a link is provided at the end of each question to help you. This cache was moved and modified on 4/19/03. It is now considerably easier because you can do all the research before going out to the site, and the links are provided as aids. People who previously found it should not log it again, as the questions (and answers) are almost identical, and it has not been moved a great distance. The original log book has been placed inside. I have removed several non-law enforcement related trading items. This is a theme cache. Please bring only law enforcement items to trade, or travel bugs. I am placing the Stephanie McCarty Travel Bug and a Where's George in the cache, just to get started with a few more items. Many of the original theme-consistent items are now gone. I am also placing an answer sheet that provides more detailed explanations to the questions than the links below.

A. Mark down the number of the one statement about the FBI that is NOT true:
1. The FBI is a federal agency
2. The motto of the FBI is Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity
3. The FBI Academy is located on a Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia
4. The Director of the FBI is appointed for a term not to exceed ten years
5. There are currently 59 field offices throughout the United States
6. J. Edgar Hoover became Director in 1924 when it was the Bureau of Investigation
7. When Hoover took over he fired all the agents with criminal records
8. The FBI is part of the Department of Justice.
Hint: look on this page to find the false statement.

B. The FBI investigates all of the below categories of cases, but for two of them, it does not have primary investigative responsibility. Mark down the numbers of the TWO crimes or types of investigation for which the FBI is NOT primarily responsible:
1. The White Slave Traffic Act (also known as the Mann Act)
2. Interstate Transportation of Unsafe Refrigerators
3. Counterfeiting of U.S. currency
4. Foreign Counterintelligence
5. Investigating the backgrounds of federal appointees like judges and cabinet officers
6. Serial killings where the murders take place in different states
7. Economic Espionate and Trade Secret Theft involving interstate commerce
8. Crime on the High Seas
9. Assassination (not protection) of the President of the United States
0. Counterterrorism
Hint: look on this page and this page.

C. Mark down the number of the person who never served as FBI Director or Acting Director:
1. J. Edgar Hoover
2. William Webster
3. Louis Freeh
4. William D. Ruckleshaus
5. L. Patrick Gray
6. Elliot Ness
7. William Sessions
8. Clarence Kelley
Hint: look on this page.

D. Mark down the number of the one untrue statement about the qualifications for the position of Special Agent of the FBI. He or she:
1. Must be a citizen of the United States (including certain Pacific islands)
2. Must be at least 23 years old
3. Must be a lawyer or accountant
4. Must pass a background investigation
5. Must have a four-year college degree
6. Must have corrected vision of 20/20 in one eye and 20/40 in the other (or better)
7. Must not have a physical impairment that would prevent firing a handgun
Hint: look on this page.

E. Mark down the number of the one untrue statement
1. There are FBI agents serving as Legal Attaches in many U.S. embassies abroad
2. The FBI National Academy trains many local and foreign law enforcement officials
3. The FBI fingerprint and laboratory experts provide assistance to loacl law enforcement
4. FBI agents who investigate cases often have secondary duties like being on a SWAT team, crime scene processing, firearms instructor, or legal advisor
5. The San Jose office is a Resident Agency within the San Francisco Field Division
6. The current FBI Director used to be the United States Attorney in San Francisco
7. The first women agents to be appointed after the 1920's were appointed by Clarence Kelley
8. FBI agents may not work a second job
9. FBI agents have mandatory retirement at age 57
Hint: look on this page for the one false statement.

You should have six numbers written down (two from Question B, remember). Multiply the first four numbers to get XYZ. Add .XYZ to the posted decimal to obtain the actual longitude coordinate. That is, .363 + .XYZ is the real decimal portion of the minutes. Multiply together the last three numbers to get JKL. Add .JKL to the posted decimal to obtain the latitude coordinate. That is, .507 + .JKL is the real decimal portion of the latitude.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nqq gbtrgure nyy fvk ahzoref sebz gur dhvm nafjref naq gura nqq bar gb gung. Ybbx sbe na bowrpg jvgu gung ahzore, naq frnepu hc oruvaq vg.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)