The Cache Race Mystery Cache
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As you may have already guessed, the coodinates above will not take you to the cache. In order to get the final location, you will need to solve a little problem.
Every year the Center Ridge Cache Club sponsors a local geocaching event. There are many activities set up each having prizes awarded to the winners. One of the favorite activities is always the Cache Race. This is a group event and depending on the number of contestants usually involves teams of two. This year’s race was designed to pit some of the most successful cachers from previous events against each other.
It was set up as follows:
There are five teams, each consisting of one male and one female. The teams can only use one GPS receiver. The GPS unit is picked by the team and must be owned by one of the members of the group. The goal of the competition is to find the most number of caches in a two hour period. All the caches have been set up specifically for this event.
I, in my normal fashion, arrived late and unfortunately missed the entire event. I walked around trying to find out the results and was only able to get some scattered information. This is what I found:
The Following information was posted on a bulletin board in the parking lot:
1) The male entrants were: John, Paul, George, Richard and Peter
2) The female entrants were: Anna, Catherine, Sheila, Rachel and Teresa
3) The GPS receiver units used included: the Apple iPhone 3G, the Garmin Colorado 300, the Magellan Explorist 500, the DelormeEarthmate PN-40 and the Lowrance iFinder H2O.
The information I was able to get from brief conversations amongst the spectators leaving the event included the following:
1) The number found by each team was either, five, six, seven, eight or nine.
2) George didn’t use a Garmin Colorado 300.
3) The five females at the event were: the one caching with Paul, the one that found nine caches, the one that used a Magellan Explorist 500, the one that was caching with John, and the one that found seven caches.
4) Paul really appreciated the caching talents of his partner, Rachel, since she found most of the caches for the group. As a result, this team did not have the least number of finds for the event.
5) Peter and his partner found six caches for the day.
6) Richard’s partner was so impressed with the size of his GPS unit that she insisted that they use his Lowrance iFinder H2O for the event.
7) The five male cachers were: Peter, the one caching with Teresa, the one who found eight caches, the one using the Lowrance iFinder H2O, and the one that found five caches.
8) Paul did not use a Garmin Colorado 300.
9) Anna was amazed by the accuracy of her new Magellan Explorist 500, so that team used it for the event.
10) Paul's partner dropper her GPS receiver into a ravine while on a recent Earthcaching adventure so they used his DeLorme Earthmate PN-40 for the event.
11) Sheila’s team ended up with seven caches for the event.
This was all I could get, but, it is enough to determine the members of each of the five teams, the GPS receiver each team used and the number of finds each team made. In order to find the correct coordinates for this cache you just need to answer a few simple questions regarding the outcome of this competition.
The final location is at:
N41deg. 27.ABC
W081deg. 57.DEF
1) Which team found the most caches?
a. John & Anna: A=1
b. Paul & Catherine; A=2
c. George & Sheila: A=3
d. Peter & Teresa: A=4
e. George & Teresa: A=5
f. Paul & Rachel: A=6
g. Richard & Anna: A=7
h. John & Catherine: A=8
i. Peter & Sheila: A=9
j. Richard & Rachel: A=0
2) How many caches were found by the team using the Magellan Explorist 500?
a. Five: B=0
b. Six: B=9
c. Seven: B=6
d. Eight: B=4
e. Nine: B=1
3) Richard’s Partner was?
a. Anna: C=5
b. Catherine: C=7
c. Sheila: C=9
d. Rachel: C=3
e. Teresa: C=1
4) Which team found the least caches?
a. Paul & Teresa: D=9
b. Peter& Rachel: D=8
c. Richard & Sheila: D=7
d. John & Anna: D=6
e. John & Catherine: D=5
f. George & Sheila: D=4
g. Peter & Teresa: D=3
h. George & Catherine: D=2
i. Paul & Rachel: D=1
j. Richard & Anna: D=0
5) How many caches were found by the team using the Delorme Earthmate PN-40?
a. Five: E=0
b. Six: E=4
c. Seven: E=6
d. Eight: E=7
e. Nine: E=9
6) Anna’s Partner was?
a. John: F=9
b. Paul: F=7
c. George: F=5
d. Richard: F=3
e. Peter: F=1
Key Number: HIJ
H = Number of caches found by John’s team
I = Number of caches found by Anna’s team
J = Number of caches found by the team using the Lowrance iFinder H2O
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