NZ Gold (Canterbury) Mystery Cache
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This cache should bring back some good times from 1974 and the 10th Commonwealth Games.
Answer the following questions, do the arithmetic, and you’ll be in to win NZ Gold! Of course, it’s not the winning, it’s the taking part that matters…
This cache is a very small cache, it will hold only tiny items eg coins.
The official carpark closes outside of the complex hours, but you can park very close.
It's probably best not to do this cache at night.
Please note: since the earthquakes there have been temporary fences erected around GZ - it's possible to make your way to the location, but you will need to take care.
You’ll need to use a search engine to find out the answers to these questions… but remember, Wikipedia is not always accurate.
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These games were to be known as ‘The Friendly Games’ – this was the first multisport games held since the Munich Olympics where, sadly, Israeli athletes were killed. What year was that event? 197? = (a)
How many sports were included in the 1974 games? ? = (b)
Steve Allen’s hummable, song ‘Join together’ was the 1974 games song. What was the name of the other song that he and a massed choir sang at the opening of the games on 24 January 1974?
Take number of letters of the third word of that song ? = (c)
The land on which the Games were held was purchased by the Christchurch City Council. Before it was used for athletics, it was a racing venue for the New Brighton Trotting Club. Which year was the New Brighton Trotting Club inaugurated?
Saturday, March 16, 1?95 = (d)
The logo was the second (after Edinburgh) to be protected and trademarked,and set a design benchmark which was echoed in the logos of the next five games. How many red symbols were present on the logo used for these games?(e) ? = (e)
The seating in the original stadium for the games seated how many people?
Take the second digit of this number for (f) ? = (f)
The Queen’s Baton relay has been the curtain-raiser to every Commonwealth Games since 1958. The relay runs from Buckingham Palace, London, and concludes at the Opening Ceremony of the Games, as the final relay runner hands the baton back to Her Majesty. The Melbourne 2006 Queen’s Baton visited all (how many?) nations of the Commonwealth. Take the first digit of this number to equal (g) ? = (g)
Additional Hints
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