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Savagery (Coach's 200th) Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 11/4/2008
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

For my 200th cache, I want to bring you out to a place I see on my bus route twice daily...the ghost town
of Savage. The final is a good-sized ice cream tub with swag and a TB to pass along.

To get to the cache from Highway 78, you must pass a crossroads. Continuing east, you'll see a grove of trees that surround a storm cellar in the field on the right. That is all that remains of the Savage schoolhouse. The cache is not near here - stay away. I just wanted to brag that the property owner (whose son is a geocacher and former student of mine) lets me metal detect there...I've found some cool stuff.

You will be doing a bit of internet work for this one. The above coordinates are bogus. Use the famous SAVAGES
below to determine the cache location.

FINAL COORDS: 33.E.A / 96.C.DB



1. According to Wikipedia, SAVAGE GARDEN had a huge hit with "Truly, Madly, Deeply" in this year: _______

A = (Answer to question 1) - 1001



2. Randall Mario Poffo, better known by his ring name "MACHO MAN" RANDY SAVAGE,
is a six-time world champion American professional wrestler.
In what year was he born? ________ (last two digits only)

B = (Answer to question 2) + 1



3. In response to outcry over Native American mascots, Southeastern Oklahoma State University changed from
the SAVAGES to the SAVAGE STORM in what year? ____________ (last two digits only)
(hint: http://www.jayrosenstein.com/pages/honormascots.html)


C = (Answer to question 3) + 3



4. Per IMDB, "The SAVAGES", with Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman, was released in the US
in what year? __________ (last digit only)

D = (Answer to question 4) + 2



5. Adam SAVAGE, the nerdy redhead co-host of Mythbusters, tried to get a 1967 Chevy to go ______ MPH by
putting rockets on its roof during the Mythbusters Pilot #1 in 2003.

E = (Answer to question 5) / 10, then subtract 12
(Note: Websites apparently differ on the MPH above...use the number higher than 349 but less than 351)
Thanks to all who have hunted my caches in the last three years!


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Bhg bs gur selvat cna

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)