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R U in the 2%? Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 8/12/2009
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Car parking at the coordinates shown below in waypoint.

This puzzle is based on a famous riddle from the 19th century which, it was said, only 2% of the population were expected to be able to solve, hence the name. Perhaps the population was not as intelligent in the 19th Century !!

"Can you solve it ? Yes, you can !!"

There are no tricks, just pure logic. Good luck and don't give up !

Outline

There are five houses in five different colours counting 1 to 5 from left to right. In each house lives a person of a different nationality. These owners all drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigarette and keep a certain type of pet. No two owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand or drink the same beverage.

The question is: WHO OWNS THE FISH???

Clues:

· The Englishman lives in the red house.

· The Scotsman keeps dogs as pets.

· The Welshman drinks tea.

· The green house is on the left of the white house.

· The green homeowner drinks coffee.

· The person who smokes Embassy has guinea pigs.

· The owner of the yellow house smokes Benson & Hedges

· The man living in the centre house drinks whisky

· The Irishman lives in the first house.

· The man who smokes Regal King Size lives next to the one who keeps cats.

· The man who keeps rabbits lives next to the man who smokes Benson & Hedges.

· The owner who smokes Silk Cut drinks beer.

· The Dutchman smokes Richmond.

· The Irishman lives next to the blue house.

· The man who smokes Regal King Size has a neighbour who drinks wine

The cache is hidden at N 50 49.ABC W 000 31.DEF where:

A = Number of the house where the guinea pigs live

B = Number of the house where the fish lives

C = Number of the house where the dogs live

D = Number of the house where the Englishman lives

E = Number of the house where the Dutchman lives

F = Number of letters in the drink of the owner who smokes Embassy

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

Email us if you need further clues. Good luck

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va gur onfr bs n pbccvprq gerr 3z A bs cngu

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)