You Might Be Eaten by a Grue! Mystery Cache
You Might Be Eaten by a Grue!
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Puzzle Cache. Not at the posted
coordinates!
This is my first cache. I hope you enjoy it!
To find the coordinates, you must answer some questions about
the classic computer game Zork. My favorite place to play this game
is at the "Related Web Page" link given above.
What might eat you if you stay in the dark too long?
A1: A slug
A8: Fenrir Greyback
A0: A basilisk
A4: A grue.
How do you break the egg?
A5: Drop it while you’re in the tree.
A2: Crack it on the side of a bowl
A6: With a sledgehammer
A9: Drop it in the canyon
What do you say to get rid of the Cyclops?
A2: “PLUGH”
A3: “AVADA KADAVRA”
A1: “ULYSSES”
A5: “XYZZY”
What do you use to kill the thief?
A8: The nasty knife.
A3: The herring
A5: The grenade
A7: The emerald’s power
How to you defeat the dragon?
A4: Use your bare hands
A6: Use the sword
A9: Release the bird
A5: That’s not in Zork!
What do you do at the altar?
A2: Sacrifice the canary
A3: Pray
A6: Get married
A7: Sing
What do you do to get past the land of the dead?
A0: Pray
A7: Attack the spirits with weapon
A4: Ring the bell, get the candle, light the match, light the
candle, read the book.
A3: Turn off the lamp, eat the peppers, breathe fire breath at
spirits
How do you get past the bat?
A2: Catch it with the net
A3: Attack with sword
A4: You don’t
A1: Drop the garlic
What happens if you carry the torch or screwdriver in the Gas
Room?
A2: A big explosion
A5: A bad smell
A8: The bat comes back
A1: Nothing
What does the Gothic writing on the living room wall say?
A6: Careful, you might be eaten by a grue.
A2: This space is purposely left blank.
A3: Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin.
A9: Please use other door
How do you get the diamond?
A6: Steal it from the thief.
A1: Cross the river in the raft, and dig with the shovel.
A7: Buy it from the jewelry store
A4: Put the coal in the machine and turn the switch with the
screwdriver.
What should you do in the Loud Room?
A4: Plug your ears
A9: Use the earplugs
A5: Say “ECHO”
A2: Stab the sword into the ground
What do you do at the end of the rainbow?
A3: Wave the staff
A8: Wave the wand
A2: Wave the scepter
A6: Ask the Leprechaun for his pot of gold
What do you do with the folded pile of plastic?
A0: Unfold it
A1: Inflate it with the pump
A5: Drop it in a trashcan
A2: Nothing
Where do you get the emerald?
A9: From the buoy
A5: In the Loud Room
A8: Put the coal in the machine and turn the switch with the
screwdriver
A1: From the thief
Cache is accessible from dawn to dusk. The closest trailhead is
at lat -.012, lon +.070. There is no need to leave the path to find
the cache.
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Uvqr: Va ubyybj oruvaq jnyy.
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