Do You Know Harry? Mystery Cache
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The Cache is not at the above coordinates!
The Cache is located inside a St. Louis County Park and is within 200 yards of parking lot. If you take the right path, very little bushwacking needed. 99% of the walk is 1 star but with the remaining 1% 1.5 star. You can get a wheelchair to within 6’ of the cache, if your chair will roll on grass.
Park hours are: Most St. Louis County Parks are open by 7:00am and close at sunset
Currently J.K. Rowling’s has written 6 books about Harry. The answers to each question below is found in one of those 6 books. There is also several web sites relating to Harry and his adventures where you might find the answers. Also feel free to ask your children.
Cache is located at: N 38 AB.CDE -- W090 FG.HIJ
Each answer has a value next to it, use that value in place of the letter next to the question:
A = Harry has a scar on his forehead, the shape of this scar is?
3 – Half Moon
4 – Lightning Bolt
B = The Sorting Hat first wanted to put Harry in which house?
0 – Ravenclaw
1 – Slytherin
2 – Hufflepuff
3 – Gryffindor
C = Which of the following is NOT the name of a Quidditch position?
3 – Beater
4 – Keeper
5 – Seeker
6 – Sweeper
7 – Chaser
D = Which of these is NOT an Unforgivable Curse?
0 – Cruciatus
1 – Imperius
2 – Avada Kedavra
3 – Patronus
E = In Goblet of Fire, which of the following is NOT a solution to the underwater rescue challenge?
5 – Snorklepuss Charm
6 – Gillyweed
7 – Transfiguration
8 – Bubble-Head Charm
F = Which of these is NOT a type of owl that Eeylops Owl Emporium advertises on its sign?
0 – Tawny
1 – Spotted
2 – Screech
3 – Snowy
G = Mathmatical Problem:
(Harry’s age when he enters Hogwarts)
+ (The Dursleys’ address: ____ Privet Drive)
– (Number of players on a Quidditch team)
Total = G
H = In Half-Blood Prince, the Amortentia potion smells like all but one of the following?
3 – Treacle tart
4 – Something flowery
5 – A Chocolate Frog
6 – The woody smell of a broomstick
I = As of Half-Blood Prince, which of the following characters has never received a Howler?
1 – Draco Malfoy
2 – Petunia Dursley
3 – Ron Weasley
4 – Neville Longbottom
J = Which of these has Hagrid NOT kept as a pet?
1 – Acromantula
2 – Basilisk
3 – Hippogriff
4 – Norwegian Ridgeback dragon
Unfortunaly because my GPS best accuracy was 20’ I took several readings and averaged them. So your ground zero and my ground zero may be a little off, you may have to look around. But not much.
The Puzzle is the cache not trying to locate it in the woods. So if your looking in the right area the cache will be easy to find.
Cache is started with lots of swap things as well as 1 GEO Coin - Pepper Memorial Geocoin, 2 TB – Grumpy and Geo Owl Jacket, also special FTF prize ($10 Gift Card at Chilies.
FTF - rdwelker on 26 June 2007 at 0714, Good Job.
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NOTICE: Please be respectful of the posted park hours. If you enter the park after hours you are trespassing. If you are stopped you can be ticketed or arrested and will put the future of geocaching in the parks in jeopardy.
* * * * PARK only in designated Parking Areas Only.
Special permission to hide caches in St. Louis County parks is NOT needed as long as the Groundspeak rules are followed.
"Blanket Permission" has been worked out in advance with the park service. DO NOT CALL THE PARK as they cannot handle the calls. The Groundspeak cache reviewer does need to know exactly how and where the caches are hidden and what type of containers are used. The geocaching liaisons will notify the park service of new caches.
Remember NO AMMO BOXES or PVC PIPE caches.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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