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Bike&ski Rides at 60MPH Mystery Cache

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meljo: One of three I had in this area that I went and pulled to archive today.

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Hidden : 11/13/2009
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is placed to help celebrate a special day for a well known Alaskan cacher. This is a night cache, it is not at the posted coordinates.


To find this cache you must first know what was going on in world in an important year for Bike&ski and answer the questions below. The answers to the questions will give you the starting point.  At the starting point your light source will reflect a glow on a tree. Keep following these glows until you come to a set of glows. This set is a WARNING to be careful of a small stream that is right in front of you and sometimes the grass hides it!  Look for a board that crosses the stream right in front of the lovely spruce tree on the other side. Continue your night walk until you meet a big reflective smile on a tree. 

Starting coordinates are:
N 61 07.ABC W 149 48.DEF

A) Who was the US president in 1949?
Theodore Roosevelt - 2
Harry Truman - 7 
Franklin Roosevelt -5 

B) In 1949 the price of a first class stamp was? 
$0.05 - 1
$0.01 - 9 
$0.03 - 0 

C) One of these celebrities was NOT born in 1949:
Billy Joel - 2
Prince Charles- 0 
Bruce Springsteen - 6 

D) Gas for you car was ___ in 1949: 
$0.35 -8 
$0.18 - 4 
$0.27 - 2 

E) One of these was established in 1949: 
The CCC - 7 
NATO - 5 
The NFL - 0 

F) Who won the World Series in 1949: 
Brooklyn Dodgers - 5
Pittsburgh Pirates - 3 
New York Yankees - 6

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

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Cnexvat yvzvgrq gb 3 be 4 pnef

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)