| ACADEMICS 101 |
| or, to
borrow a phrase from Michael Feldman: |
| Things You Would Have Learned In School Had You Been Paying
Attention |
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THE CACHE IS NOT
AT THE POSTED COORDINATES. READ FURTHER FOR HINTS ON WHAT TO
DO NEXT.
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| Education is such a
necessary tool in today's world. In days past, it was a
benefit of the wealthy classes, or a diversion for the
privileged. In America, education is available freely
for all citizens. Unfortunately, some of our grand old school
buildings no longer exist. |
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| The Self Creek School
operated from the turn of the 20th century until the early
1950s. It had a large school house, and a teacher's home
across the road, and a gymnasium that was built by the WPA in the
1930's, but never finished. The main building stood
vacant until 2005, when it was bulldozed to make way for
"progress". |
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| This cache is located
at the old Self Creek School. There are two ways to find this
cache. You can find the location of the old Self Creek School
and look in the only remaining symbol of Mississippi that resides
there, or you can solve the following puzzle. (Local historical
groups had several possible locations for the old school, all of
which were wrong.) The location of the old school took me four
months to find, so solving the puzzle may be the easier of the two
methods. When (if) you find the cache, please note in your
log which method you used to find it. |
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| To find the
coordinates, take the quiz below. If the answer is a
name, take the first letter of the name, and find it's ordinal
value. For example, if the name is "Adams", the ordinal value of
"A" is 1. If the name is Buchanan, the ordinal value of "B"
is 2, and so on. If the question is a math question, use the
value of the answer. |
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KL.MNO
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| Sound easy
enough? GREAT! Now, class, turn your test papers
over, and let's get busy. |
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| A. The "Eutaw Flag" was
created in 1780, carried in the battles of Cowpens and Eutaw, and
is now in the possession of the Washington Light Infantry.
What is the name of the city where the flag is kept? |
| B. Born in 1874, he
served as a reporter for London's Daily Graphic in 1895, and
later fought in Omdurman in the Sudan in 1898. Find his last
name. |
| C. Canadian Prime
Minster during WWI, and was Chancellor of Queen's University
1924-1930. Find his last name. |
| D. A metallic chemical
element discovered in 1863, and has an atomic weight of
114.82. Find the name of the element. |
| E. A career general, he
defeated the rebellion of Allectus in 298 AD, and was emperor of
Rome from 305-306 AD. His name. |
| F. This American naval
officer, born in New Haven, Conn., was largely responsible for
ending the alcohol ration in the Navy in 1862. He authored "Africa
And The American Problem" in 1854. His last name. |
| G. French penal colony,
the smallest and southernmost of the Iles du Salut. Name the
island. |
| H. Math question: Find
the absolute value of zero. |
| I. Ancient people of
Asia Minor, who flourished 1600-1200 BC. One of the first
peoples to smelt iron successfully, its capital was what is now
Bogazkoy, also known then as Hattusas. Name the
people. |
| J. In northeast
Siberia, in the former Yakut Autonomous Republic, there is a river
that's 1,100 miles long. It rises in the Oymyakon plateau,
intersects with the Moma River, and empties into the Arctic
Ocean. Name the river. |
| K. Math question: The
temperature in degrees Kelvin at which matter has no kinetic
energy. |
| L. A town in southeast
France, on the Rhone river. The pope lived here from 1309 AD
until 1376 AD. Find the name of the town. |
| M. The name of a cape
in northwest Spain. It's name means "End Of The
Land". |
| N. War chief of the
Sioux, he refused to sign the treaty of 1868. He was the chief
military lieutenant of Sitting Bull at the Battle Of The Little Big
Horn in 1876. In the latter days of his life, he was a
farmer. Find his name. |
| O. The last name of a
famous American painter. His "Castles In Spain" hangs in the
Metropolitan Museum Of Art. |
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| I had this extra ammo
box that needed to be in use, and I thought I'd put a little
extra thought into building this little puzzle. By the same
token, extra thought should be put into the solution. I will
not give any help or lifelines on this until either (a) it's been
logged online as found, or (b) a week has passed since its
publication. I have come to understand that the amount of
time it takes to solve a cache's coordinates is inversely
proportional to the number of people who will eventually sign the
log book. That's okay by me. This will probably not be found
by more than ten people while then cache is active, and I
understand that. If you're one of those few who finds this
cache, you'll be part of an elite group. |
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| I will also ask that
the answers to the questions, or the location of Self Creek School,
if known, not be passed around. In the spirit of good
education everywhere, do your own homework, and don't let the guy
next to you look on your paper. |
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| Have fun, drive safely,
and don't forget to log this stating the method you used for
finding it. |
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You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.
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