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The Flashbacks Smile - 18 Mystery Cache

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Frankie_4711: The time has come to say goodbye to the Flashbacks and the Smile.

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Hidden : 7/25/2015
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Welcome to the next in the Flashbacks Smile puzzle series, a (sort of) continuation of the nearby FrankieAbout Flashbacks series, celebrating music, TV and films of years gone by.


ADVANCE WARNING - The Flashbacks Smile series will be archived in September 2021, so please ensure you have Found them before then.

There are 20 caches in this new series, which can be walked or cycled (just over 6 miles / 10 km including some gradients! – we would suggest parking at N51 20.344 E0 37.831) or they can be (mostly) cache and dashed (you may struggle to park safely and conveniently close to a few though).  They can be done in either direction.  Please note that these are sometimes very narrow country lanes which can be quite busy, so please keep GeoKids and GeoHounds safe!  There is both food and liquid refreshment en route.

 

There are a few longish distances between caches either because we couldn’t find anywhere suitable to hide them, we had issues with the locals, or because there are other caches causing proximity issues – but the latter does mean that there are a few other caches for you to pick up at the same time if you haven’t already got them!

 

And so to the puzzle: This one is all about detective, police or crime TV shows.

All you have to do is work out which of the multiple choice answers is correct and then do the sums at the bottom of the page.

 

A

A – Magnum PI (A = 8)

B – T J Hooker (A = 1)

C – Columbo (A = 5)

D – Matt Houston (A = 0)

 

B

A – MacGyver (B = 7)

B – Matlock (B = 4)

C – Quincy (B = 9)

D – Booker (B = 3)

 

C

A – B J and the Bear (C = 0)

B – The Untouchables (C = 5)

C – Due South (C = 1)

D – FlashForward (C = 2)

 

D

A – Between The Lines (D = 3)

B – The Thin Blue Line (D = 1)

C – Merseybeat (D = 7)

D – An Inspector Calls (D = 6)

 

E

A – Z-Cars (E = 6)

B – Dixon of Dock Green (E = 9)

C – The Protectors (E = 4)

D – Softly, Softly (E = 0)

 

F

A – Cagney & Lacey (F = 8)

B – The Detectives (F = 2)

C – Moonlighting (F = 7)

D – Dempsey & Makepeace (F = 0)

 

You will then be able to work out the location of the cache:

N51 20.ABC

E0 37.DEF

 

The difficulty relates to the puzzle and the hide; the terrain relates to the final GZ.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gbc yrsg

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)