I Solemnly Swear I Am Up to No Good Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 12/30/2008
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Take out your Marauder's Map. It is time to enter the world of Harry Potter like you have never entered it before. The park is pleasant, but the cache is NOT at posted coordinates. If you do not live in Stafford, you may have to pay a small fee to enter; so make sure you stop at Gringotts and pick up a few Sickles and Knuts. Oh, yes. I am Albus Dumbledore, former Headmaster at Hogwarts.

So, like I said, THE CACHE IS NOT AT POSTED COORDINATES. You need to solve a puzzle in order to decode:

North: AB CD . BEF West: GHH AA .IAJ

How do you do this, you ask? Well, you'll have to answer a few questions about the world of Harry Potter. Just replace the letter on the coordinates with the answer. The letter of the question will tell you which letter to replace. These are the questions:

A. How many Deathly Hallows are there?

B. How many Harry Potter movies will there be in all?

C. How many females in the Weasley family?

D. How many stories in "The Tales of Beedle the Bard?"

E. How many champions competed in the Hogwarts Triwizard Tournament, of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire?"

F. How many people are there in the Weasley family?

G. How many siblings does Dudley have?

H. How many books are in the Harry Potter series?

I.For how many years did Harry attend Hogwarts?

J. How many Seekers are there on a Qudditch team?

You may want to park your broomstick at:

N 38 25.849
W 077 33.631

Space is limited here, but there are plenty of other places to park nearby; you will just have to walk a little further to reach the trail head. The container is an ammo can full of artifacts from the wizarding world. Harry and his friends have provided many items to trade. the original contents include:

a whoopee cushion from Fred and George
a dragon's egg from Hagrid
a Money Magic Trick kit from myself, Albus Dumbledore
a Wicked bracelet, from Hermione
a ghost stamp, from Nearly Headless Nick
a green finger, from You Know Who
a small Pegasus, from Professor Grubbly-Plank
a pack of Harry Potter trading cards, from Harry
a spider ring, from Ron
a Haunted Mansion Glowing Hand box, from Peeves
a bat ring from Severus Snape

There are also several small animals in the cache: a cat from Professor McGonagall; a wolf from Professor Lupin; a dog from Sirius Black; and even my own Fawkes has given a phoenix. If you leave an item in the cache, you can indicate in your log which Harry Potter character might possess something like it. (For example; Mr. Weasley might have a toy car, or a flower magnet might be for Neville or Professor Sprout.) Don't forget your Invisiblity Cloak; this can be a high muggle area. You will also need to walk a short distance along the park road, so hold on tightly to your youngsters and be alert! Good Luck, my caching wizards!

Yours truly, Albus Dumbledore

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre n snyyra gerr Vf jurer gur pnpur funyy or.

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)


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