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Riddle Me This ... Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 6/6/2009
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Mens sana in corpore sano


In the past, I've posed a number of cryptic puzzles to lead you to caches and, as a rule, these have all worked around a theme and have been "fair play" puzzles where  "fair play" means that you should be able to find an answer by research or careful consideration of the puzzle, cypher, code or other clues.

This puzzle, however, has no theme other than mens sana in corpore sano -- that is, a healthy mind (strengthened by exercise such as this) in a healthy body (the exercise being to find the actual cache) with these riddles (which are definitely not "fair play") to test your mental muscles following by a pleasant walk (we hope) to exercise your body.

So, this said, here are the very unfair riddles for your mental challenge:

If I dig a hole 2 feet square and 2.5 feet deep, how many cubic feet of dirt is in the hole?   A = ?

If there are a dozen oranges in a stack and you take away three, how many will you have?   I = ?

When a man faints, what number will restore him?   D = ?

From what number can you take half and leave nothing?   E = ?

If 2 is company and 3 is a crowd, what are 4 and 5?   G = ?

I am a three digit number. 

My tens digit is five more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. 
What number am I?
The last digit is H = ?

How many times may 20 be subtracted from 100?    J = ?

Solve the missing numbers in this sequence: 8..B..4..9..1..C..F..3..2..0

   

The actual cache is a small, army green, metal ointment can; approximately 4"x3"x1" and is located at:
N HEº AJ.AHC' / W JDDº HF.HFD'

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

For a complete list of puzzle caches which have GeoChecker confirmation and to see the hit/miss result counts for each, go here.

If you are absolutely stumped, you can find a cheat sheet (spoiler) here.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Url, jr'er ebbgvat sbe lbh.

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)