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RubberDuck's firequacker puzzle Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/4/2022
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


This cache is not in the lake. You must solve the puzzle below to find its real location.

 

I hid this one on the 4th and intended to submit it then but I got home late and did not have the energy to make a puzzle. So enjoy a late 4th of July puzzle ;).

 

N 39° AB.CDE W 105° FG.HI

 

A= 2nd digit of the year of England's earliest know firework display

 

B= The 4th digit of the year Americans have been setting off fireworks to celebrate independence day.

 

C= 2nd digit of the month minus one that in 2012 San Diego had planned a 17-minute firework show but it lasted less than a minute when all the fireworks discharged simultaneously.

 

D= 2nd digit of the month plus 3 when in 2000 a fireworks storage in Enschede, Netherlands caught fire and exploded, destroying most of the city.

 

E= 1st digit of how much USD Singapore spent on fireworks for its 50th anniversary

 

F= The number of fireworks that have been set off on Jupiter

 

G= Fireworks were originally invented in _th century China 

 

H= In 2013 Dubi spent  _ million dollars (Minus 4) to break the world record of largest firework display

 

I= Number of letters in the company that is the main consumer of fireworks in the U.S (Plus 8) as of 2022. 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvqr: Onfr bs gerr. Abg unatvat

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)