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This is a puzzle cache located in Seaside, Oregon. In order to solve the puzzle, you will need to enjoy a playlist of 10 ocean-themed songs.
If you are lucky, you will have found a CD called Ocean Serenade in a geocache. The CD is the companion to the puzzle and contains all the songs. When you are through listening to the CD, kindly place it in another geocache on the North Oregon Coast.
If you don't have a CD, just use the 10 links to the songs included below.
These are great songs, especially for ocean lovers, so consider enjoying the music and not just looking up the lyrics!
To solve the puzzle, answer the following 10 questions. The questions can be answered by listening to the first 10 songs on the CD or from the links below. There is one song per question, and the questions and songs are not in the same order.
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1 - The fate of the Yarmouth Castle was:
A November storm (1,541)
A hurricane (1,927)
Mutiny (1,238)
Fire (1,976)
2 - A good place to find a wooden leg:
Boston (1,847)
London Town (1,019)
New Orleans (1,523)
Newport (1,607)
3 - What do you hear at 1:30 into this song?
Whales (1,651)
Sirens (1,434)
Thunder (1,858)
Seagulls (1,240)
4 - He knows the sea like the back of his hand:
Jackie (1,629)
Peter Beard (1,035)
Long John Silver (1,419)
Captain Sands (1,118)
5 - The song of Loreley charms the ____ right from the sky.
Sun (1,440)
Moon (1,981)
Seagulls (1,372)
Stars (1,898)
6 - How soon did disaster strike after sailing from Dublin Bay?
5 hours (1,021)
A fortnight (1,845)
12 Days (1,529)
3 Days (1,186)
7 - This Great Lakes freighter was carrying a load of _____ tons on the evening of her doom:
10,000 (1,497)
790 (2,018)
26,000 (1,325)
5,000 (1,747)
8 - What guides the Calypso?
A dolpin (1,008)
The stars (1,312)
Music (1,827)
Whales (1,092)
9 - Where does the Coast Road lead?
Land's End (1,715)
Home (2,116)
Heaven's door (1,215)
Astoria (1,099)
10 - The albatross and the whales are my:
Friends (1,330)
Brothers (1,196)
Heroes (1,620)
Inspiration (2,318)
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Add the five numbers in parentheses following your answers to the first five questions to get ABCD.
Add the five numbers in parentheses following your answers to the last five questions to get EFGH.
The cache is at:
N 45 5A.BCD
W 123 5E.FGH
You can check your solution here.
--------Links to the 10 songs-------
Blackmore's Night - Loreley
Jethro Tull - Ears of Tin
Gordon Lightfoot - Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle
Sinead O'Connor - Jackie
Little River Band - Cool Change
Jethro Tull - Dun Ringill
John Denver - Calypso
Silly Wizard - Sweet Dublin Bay
Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping up to Boston
Don't hesitate to send me a message if you need help. Enjoy the music and the Coast!
