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MAtM Pieces Of Eight Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 9/19/2009
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   not chosen (not chosen)

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Geocache Description:

Cache is NOT at above listed coordinates
"Pillage & plunder, Pirating pleasure.
Riddle me this: Where is the treasure?"

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Answer the following questions and fill in the corresponding numbers of the correct answer to find the location of the cache.

N 1 2 3 4 . 5 6 7
W 8 9 10 11 12 . 13 14 15

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1) In BlackJack, when you are dealt two 8’s, you...
a) hit
b) stand
c) split
d) fold
a= 3 b =2 c=3 d=4

2) What colors are the balls adjacent the 8-ball?
a) orange and purple
b) green and blue
c) red and green
d) maroon and yellow
a= 4 b =2 c=3 d=4

3) Who was the 8th President of the U.S.?
a) James K. Polk
b) Martin Van Buren
c) Andrew Jackson
d) John Tyler
a= 2 b =0 c=3 d=1

4) First of Elizabeth Taylor’s 8 husbands?
a) Richard Burton
b) Mike Todd
c) Michael Wilding
d) Nicky Hilton
a= 8 b =6 c=0 d=7

5) Nominated 8 times for an Oscar, but never won?
a) Peter O’Toole
b) Glenn Close
c) Al Pacino
d) Spencer Tracy
a= 9 b =6 c=5 d=8

6) On “MASH”, who tried to get a Section 8 Discharge?
a) B.J. Hunnicutt
b) Radar O’Reilley
c) Maxwell Klinger
d) Margaret Houlihan
a= 0 b =4 c=1 d=6

7) What was the 8th state admitted to the Union?
a) South Carolina
b) Massachusetts
c) Maryland
d) New York
a= 9 b =4 c=7 d=6

8) Which TWO of Henry VIII’s wives were beheaded?
a) Anne of Cleves
b) Catherine Howard
c) Anne Boleyn
d) Catherine Parr
a= 3 b =0 c=1 d=4
(total the two answers)

9) “Pieces of 8” are less commonly known as...
a) Ducets
b) Spanish Dollar
c) Florin
d) English Pound
a= 2 b =1 c=3 d=1

10) What did my true love send on the 8th day?
a) Ladies Dancing
b) Swans a Swimming
c) Lords a Leaping
d) Maids a Milking
a= 7 b =2 c=0 d=8

11) What do you give for an 8th Wedding Anniversary?
a) Bronze
b) Tin
c) Leather
d) Silk
a= 2 b =2 c=1 d=4

12) GC888 (still an active cache) is located where?
a) Michigan
b) Tennessee
c) South Carolina
d) West Virginia
a= 7 b =9 c=0 d=4

13) Which NFL Quarterback wore the number “8”?
a) Brett Favre
b) Steve Young
c) Peyton Manning
d) Joe Namath
a= 1 b =2 c=8 d=5

14) Which creature does NOT have 8 legs?
a) Octopus
b) Tarantula
c) Beetle
d) The Beatles
a= 3 b =2 c=9 d=0

15) What is the 8th element on the Periodic Charts?
a) Hydrogen
b) Gold
c) Xenon
d) Oxygen
a= 4 b =6 c=3 d=5

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)