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The Matchmaker (KPC2009) Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates. Instead, solve the puzzle to find the cache location.

I've been single for way too long; so I decided to search the internet for some dating sites. Along the way, I found an interesting matchmaking site that wasn't all that helpful for my search, but could make for some interesting conversation. Its database seems to be rather limited, but I was able to find suggested matches for the following people:

  • Pope John XXIII
  • General Douglas MacArthur
  • Pablo Picasso
  • Jesus
  • King Neptune
  • Sinbad
  • Charles Lindbergh
  • Jackson Pollock
  • Nelson Mandela
  • Frédéric Chopin
  • F. Lee Bailey
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • George Bernard Shaw
  • Ichabod Crane
  • Wyatt Earp

Who knows how accurate these results would have been?
Anyway, you can try out the service yourself here:
Optimized Singles Compatibility Analysis Researcher

Special notes about the 2009 Puzzle Challenge:
To be considered for Fastest Solver points, you must verify your solution with certitude. Because certitude may not properly account for joint solutions, please email me team member names in the case of team solutions to ensure proper point accounting. All "point" scoring is arbitrary anyway, subject to change, at the discretion of the cache owner, and mostly meaningless (unless you really want to be awarded a certain bottle of wine at the December event). The real challenge is just to see whether you can solve all of these caches by the end of the year. To maintain fairness, hints should not be offered by the cache owner or other solvers until the fifteenth of the month.
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Special notes about this cache:
This puzzle shouldn't be that difficult, but unless you find a shortcut that I don't know about, it's going to take some work to get the final coordinates. However, I also had to do all the same work in order to create the puzzle; so I'm not going to feel sorry for you this time (as was the case with Wildflower Aptitude Test). On August 4th, it was determined that the original hide spot was no longer viable, and the puzzle was updated to a new location. On August 5th, it was decided to move the cache to an entirely new location, far from the original location. On August 9th, the puzzle was updated to point to Log #6. As of October 2011, the puzzle was moved to a new location for Log #9. If you were certified for one of the old puzzles, you may send your answer to me to get the new coordinates.


First Ten Submitted Solutions
payakoi 01 Aug 1:42pm
OakDragon
Citore
Runeshower
01 Aug 6:53pm
candcfamily 01 Aug 8:27pm
The Rat
The North Star
TeamJiffy
spyder woman
03 Aug 12:29am
fizzymagic 03 Aug 10:27pm
jimbexleyspeed 04 Aug 5:24pm
bamsch
cachbefound
08 Aug 8:06pm
Uncle Tom
kindredlaugh
08 Aug 9:54pm
TeamOttlet 16 Aug 3:35pm
xmts
Dotish
Gitonyerhorse
17 Aug 3:11pm
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First Ten Logged Finds
payakoi 01 Aug 4:30pm
runeshower 01 Aug 10:48pm
OakDragon 01 Aug 10:51pm
Citore 01 Aug 10:51pm
The North Star 04 Aug 7:21am
The Rat 05 Aug 7:19pm
candcfamily 06 Aug 9:56pm
bamsch 09 Aug 8:46am
cachbefound 09 Aug 8:59am
Uncle Tom 09 Aug 1:27pm

You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Puzzle hints added after August 15th, 2009] Bfpne vf gur anzr bs n yvggyr fgnghrggr tvira bhg ng n pregnva naahny njneqf prerzbal. Gur ynfg njneq bs gur avtug vf gur zbfg vzcbegnag. [Email if you need more help.]

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)