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Rule Britannia! Virtual Cache

This cache has been locked, but it is available for viewing.
Hidden : 3/5/2003
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   not chosen (not chosen)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is NOT at the above location

The cache is NOT at the above location!

Only the degrees in latitude and longitude above are those of the cache location. The minutes for latitude and longitude can be obtained only by getting a 100 on the British Military History Quiz described below.


The cache is a container made of 3 inch ABS pipe parts

The cache is a container made of 3 inch ABS pipe parts. It contains a logbook, pencils, calculator, sewing kit, and two British sovereigns. Here is the quiz. Below is a table of 10 battles fought by the British during the heyday of the Empire under Queen Victoria. Also in the table are the 10 foes fought in these battles, but out of order. The numbers in parentheses for each battle and foe are code numbers to be used to get the minutes for latitude and longitude. To do so, first associate the correct foe with each battle. Then arrange the battle/foe pairs in chronological order. Finally, add the two code numbers for each pair. Of the resulting ordered 10 numbers, the first 5 define the minutes for latitude, in the form mm.mmm, and similarly the second 5 the minutes for longitude. Easy enough! Now chaps, charge up that hill and take the fort for Queen and country!

Urgent Military Dispatch: It would appear a local tribesman has absconded with the cache. Therefore it is now a virtual cache. To get credit, email me with the month/day/year of the skirmish that took place near the cache site. This information is readily available close to the computed position. General Garobird

Battle

Foe

Inkerman (5)

Egyptians (1)

Chilianwala (3)

Boers (4)

Omdurman (1)

Afghans (0)

Majuba Hill (4)

Pathans (2)

Tel-el-Kebir (0)

Russians (4)

Umbeyla Pass (3)

Sikhs (0)

Charasia (1)

Dervishes (2)

Rorke’s Drift (3)

Fenians (2)

Trout River (2)

Abyssinians (3)

Magdala (0)

Zulus (1)

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