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Be a Sport Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/15/2008
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not at the above coordinates but is within 2 miles.

Can you solve it? Creedence
Can you find it? Clearwater
Really, it's not that hard. Revival




In order to solve this puzzle, you will have to find a song written and performed by the leader of this group that is about a "sport". In the lyrics of that song, four different sports figures are mentioned and we will call them Figures A, B, C and D, in the order that they are first mentioned.

The cache is located at N49 0J.KLM W122 NP.RST

Now for the fun stuff.

Count the number of letters in the full title of the song. The last digit is J.

Figure A played in a very famous match/game/event. The score of the loser in that game is K.

The number of letters in the last name of figure B is L.

Now find the legal name of figure C. Take the total number of letters in his/her given name and subtract the number of letters in the surname. This is M.

Now find the birth name of figure D. Take the total number of letters in his/her first name and subtract the total number of letters in his/her middle name. This is N.

This sport has a Hall of Fame. Don't they all. The last digit in the year that figure B was inducted into his/her Hall of Fame is P.

The last digit in the year of birth or the third digit in the year of death for figure C is equal to R.

Figure D had two different nicknames. One of them has 16 letters. That is not the correct one. Use the total number of letters in the other nickname for S.

The number of letter in the name of figure A is equal to T.

You are looking for a sandwich size lock'n'lock which should be easy to find.

Good luck, and as always, have fun.


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Oruvaq n tebhc bs frira naq n unys gerrf orfvqr gur genvy.

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)