A Tribute to the King of Horror Mystery Cache
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A Tribute to the King of Horror
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Stephen King is my favourite author and with this cache you will get to know him better. The coordinates indicated are irrelevant but the first stage is within a kilometre.
***SOME NUMBERS WERE CHANGED IN THE QUESTIONNAIRE ON MAY 22, 2009 DUE TO THE RELOCATION OF STAGE 1***
A. Which of these pen names did Stephen King not consider using?
i) Richard Stark (3)
ii) Richard Bachman (4)
iii) Gus Pillsbury (2)
B. Which state does Stephen King not call home?
i) Maine (6)
ii) Colorado (0)
iii) Florida (1)
C. Stephen’s wife, Tabitha is also a writer. Which of these books did she write?
i) Small World (2)
ii) The Edible Woman (0)
iii) Odd Hours (4)
D. What is the STK foundation?
i) The Stephen Thomas King foundation (9)
ii) The Stomach Troubles King foundation (7)
iii) The Stephen & Tabitha King foundation (8)
E. Which of these movies is not based on a Stephen King book or story?
i) Stand by Me (1)
ii) The Shawshank Redemption (6)
iii) The Fog (2)
F. Stephen King was involved in a serious accident in June 1999. He…
i) was hit in the head by a stray baseball (3)
ii) was struck by a van while walking on the side of the road (4)
iii) hit a deer while driving in Maine (5)
G. Which of these facts about Stephen King is not true?
i) He is part of a band called the Rock Bottom Remainders (4)
ii) Many of his earlier books were written while he was drinking and doing hard drugs (7)
iii) He suffers from glaucoma (5)
H. Stephen King’s house in Bangor has:
i) a wrought iron fence with bats and spiders (9)
ii) a white picket fence (5)
iii) no fence (7)
I. Stephen King’s books have been translated into many languages but not this one:
i) Irish (7)
ii) Portuguese (5)
iii) Finnish (6)
J. Stephen King wrote an episode for this tv show:
i) Lost (2)
ii) The X-files (4)
iii) CSI (5)
Coordinates for the first stage:
N 43 FA.IBH W 79 JD.GEC
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There are no items to trade at the first three stages. Please leave everything as you found it.
The final stage contains various Halloween paraphernalia, a travel coin, and Duma Key for the FTF.
By the way… how well do you know Misery?
Additional Hints
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[Second Stage:] Fznyy. Unatvat
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