Wasatch Alexandria
This is a puzzle cache. It is not at the listed coordinates. To obtain the cache coordinates, please solve the following puzzle:
The J Willard Marriott Library (which you will find at the posted coordinates) on the campus of the University of Utah is one of the premier institutions of Salt Lake City and a leading research library in the United States. If you haven't yet visited this recently-rebuilt facility, or haven't spent much time here, this is your chance to explore, solve a puzzle and find a geocache!
The following questions can be answered by doing some enjoyable research inside the library as well as on the grounds immediately surrounding it. While it may be possible to answer some of the questions by surfing the Internet from home, that would defeat some of the exploratory nature of the puzzle☺. Solving the puzzle and finding the cache should be 100% wheelchair accessible. It is also a great winter cache for cold, snowy days!
As you answer the questions, you will be providing the values for A through K. These values are then used as described later to find the coordinates of the cache. See the Additional Hints below for assistance with some of the questions, particularly those which may be difficult to locate. Have at it!
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1 - The nine-piece art collection near Mom's Cafe lends color to an otherwise pale subject. However, scientists have photographed the subject with color filters, revealing vague shades of:
Rainbow hues (A = 92)
Pink and green (A = 121)
Purple striation (A = 100)
Shadowy blues (A = 157)
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2 - The quote directly below this image is attributed to:
Ian Godfrey (B = 82)
Confucius (B = 114)
Wallace Stegner (B = 98)
Calvin Rampton (B = 125)
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3 - 1735 and 1745 on Level 1 could be thought of as the objects of commercial, technical and philosophical:
Cooperation (C = 99)
Architecture (C = 127)
Astronomy (C = 144)
Competition (C = 158)
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4 - Considering pp. 259-60 of:
PG
5038
C3
V313
1937
The captain's boat was attacked with:
Artificial sharks (D = 72)
An object like a jam tin (D = 104)
Blood-red paint (D = 126)
A telescope case (D = 149)
It's checked out!? Try this one as an alternate:
PE
3726
P3
1991b
You can glaum onto the answer to this one on page:
495 (D = 72)
290 (D = 104)
208 (D = 126)
622 (D = 149)
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5 - The aviatorial sculpture in the basement foyer shares its name with:
An asteroid (E = 80)
A lunar mountain (E = 101)
A type of chicken (E = 133)
A Korean War aircraft (E = 93)
(A helpful dictionary awaits nearby).
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6 - Diagonally across the foyer from the University of Utah Press (not the Red Butte Press) is:
Jon Huntsman, Sr. (F = 90)
The University Charter (F = 115)
A parrot (F = 148)
J. Willard Marriott (F = 163)
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7 - The subject with the greatest altitude is:
↑ (G = 121)
↑ (G = 163)
↑ (G = 100)
↑ (G = 178)
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8 - Which word can be derived from the art between 2008 and 2008?
CAGE (H = 115)
SAGA (H = 81)
PHOTON (H = 138)
GLASS (H = 103)
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Fresh air! The remaining questions can be answered on the grounds outside the library.
9 - Where is the scene of this photo in relation to the library?
N (I = 86)
E (I = 139)
S (I = 122)
W (I = 97)
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10 - Located around the outside library grounds are numerous bronze book sculptures (which were the subject of the now-archived City of Books cache). Concentrating on the sculptures outside the east entrance, the approximate distance between two atlases is:
154 feet (J = 101)
97 feet (J = 80)
212 feet (J = 119)
329 feet (J = 78)
The book sculptures are buried in snow?? Here is an alternate question:
Still outside, in the southwest corner, how many large spotlights are aimed at the rounded red wall?
19 (J = 101)
12 (J = 80)
20 (J = 119)
10 (J = 78)
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11 - East of the library, forming a grassy (or snowy!) triangle are:
Willow, Box Elder, Blue Spruce (K = 132)
Twain, Poe, Hawthorne (K = 71)
M104, M106, M107 (K = 98)
Cosmology, Architecture, Sanitation (K = 118)
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Now, sum your answers for A through F to give ABC. Sum your answers for F through K to provide DEF.
The cache is at:
N 40 45.ABC
W 111 50.DEF