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lamoracke: 42

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Hidden : 5/19/2010
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

THE ABOVE COORDINATES ARE BOGUS. Nothing to be seen there except a very exciting intersection.

The title of this cache is from the book The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, which indirectly spawned the theme of this puzzle. Even though other cachers are mentioned below, feel free to try and solve as fast as possible and go for FTF honors. Less controversy that way.


There is a cache called 42 GCRJ42 which is also from the same book and gave me more headaches than any other geocache. Thought I would do a dedication cache to some friends of mine, some of whom helped me find that "42" cache and some others in that time period.

42 again. Logic. Twisted logic. Sarcasm even. From this point on, almost nothing is true but the fact the data is used for a logic puzzle. The real life facts have been randomized and twisted. So, here is your puzzle. Did you know all 5 of us (including myself) have very interesting jobs? One of us is actually the voice of the Snuggle Bear commercials, another is the actor who plays the new Mr T. in the new A Team movie (talk about makeup!), another is the Burger King "King" person, another is the Seattle Supersonic Sasquatch (thus now unemployed) and the other takes turns dressing up in the Little Caesar costumes all around Puget Sound. You thought they were all different people didn't you?

Also, our evilness in creating diabolical puzzles or hides (ten point scale) is ranked in the following table and questions.....as well as our percentage of being pathetic and using phone a friend calls when stuck for a cache hide for a whole 2 minutes (percentage of the time). Highest in a statistic refers to asking for help the most or creating the most evil hides. Figure out who is what profession, their level of evilness, and their PAF percentage which will allow you to figure out the coordinates using the formulas below.

Fact #1: Mr T, not Joe or Lam, is less evil than the person who asks for help 54% of the time.
Fact #2: Lam asks for help 8% more often than the Sasquatch.
Fact #3: The person who asks for help 10% of the time is the most evil.
Fact #4: EFHutton is less evil than Honest_Servius but neither is considered a "3".
Fact #5: The Little Caesar Guy is the highest in one statistic and 2nd in the other.
Fact #6: Lam, who asks for help more than Joe or crs98, is considered a "5" in evilness.
Fact #7: crs98, the Snuggle Bear, is last in one statistic and next to last in the other.

The following grid I made should make this easier for you, its a logic puzzle grid. FYI, 6/1/2012 Joe & the JAE family is now Curious Joe and Honest_Servius is now amineko, but am not going to update the grid just for that.

The cache can be found at 47 48.ABC and 122 19.DEF where A through F are as follows

A. Who is Mr T?
0. Honest_Servius
2. EFHutton
4. crs98
6. Joe & the JAE Family
8. Lamoracke

B. Which profession is also the most evil as far as hides and puzzles go?
0. Mr T.
2. Little Caesar Guy
4. Snuggle Bear
6. Burger King "King"
8. Sasquatch

C. Who asks for the most help after pretending to look for 2 minutes?
0. Lamoracke
2. crs98
4. EFHutton
6. Joe & JAE Family
8. Honest_Servius

D. Since Hike A Photo is not listed and not a choice, who is the most evil in hides?
1. crs98
3. Joe & JAE Family
5. Honest_Servius
7. EFHutton
9. Lamoracke

E. Who only asks for help only 10% of the time?
0. the person rated "9" in evilness
2. the person rated "7" in evilness
4. the person rated "5" in evilness
6. the person rated "3" in evilness
8. the person rated "2" in evilness

F. Honest_servius is actually employed as what?
0. Mr. T
2. Little Caesar Guy
4. Burger King "King"
6. Snuggle Bear voiceover
8. Sasquatch, now unemployed

Good luck. I am adding one twist. Its not required but you can do it. Lets say for instance that you finish and you know that it says Joe & JAE family asks for help 18% of the time. You can put a post in your found log disputing that as you think he asks for help 54% of the time instead. You can do this to say 1 or 2 facts. You can be sarcastic and lie about it or be truthful. Thus, your found log can have a few spoilers based on the actual answers as long as you are making an argument! Keep it fun though..

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)