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Classic Board Games - Mousetrap Mystery Cache

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-allenite-: As there has been no response from owner regarding my previous note, I'm archiving this cache. Please note that if geocaches are archived by a reviewer or Geocaching HQ for lack of maintenance, they are not eligible for unarchival.

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Hidden : 9/9/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:


*** The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates ***

Mouse Trap

Mouse Trap is a board game first published by Ideal in 1963 for two or more players. Over the course of the game, players at first cooperate to build a working Rube Goldberg-like mouse trap. But once the mouse trap is finished, the object is to then use the machine to trap all of one's opponent's mouse-shaped game pieces.

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The cache container is also an unknown container. To get to the coordinates of the cache you need to solve the puzzle.

Puzzle:

There was a mouse trap on this geocache: GC3142. Find the mousetrap, read the amazing story and answer the following questions:

A = half the number of paragraphs of the logs narrating the mousetrap excluding the "[This entry was edited by...]" line at the end.

BB = six less than one fourth of the number of the day of that year that the mouse fell into the mousetrap. (we are looking at the day out of the whole year not just the day of the month)

CC = one more than three times the hour when the entry was last edited.

D = The last digit of the seconds when the entry was last edited.

Mousetrap = N 42° 37.ABB W 82° 58.CCD

In case you are wondering, the mouse survived the mousetrap and was very lucky to live another day.

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

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Guvax yvxr n zbhfr. Zvpr yvxr gb geniry nybat rqtrf. Qba'g ybbx vafvqr gur genfu. Ybbx ng gur onfr bs gur srapr cbfgf.

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)