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Eureka #12: Mom, Dad and DNA Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/14/2010
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


This is a mystery cache. The listed coordinates are NOT for the final cache. You must solve the puzzle below to determine the final coordinates. You need to make a keen observation outside your normal frame of reference and decipher the coordinates below. The final coordinates are within 2 miles of the listed coordinates.

This cache should be winter friendly if there is less than 2 feet of snow pack.

Consider the following list of sentences. Each sentence contains a hidden element. Together, the elements from each sentence will form an obvious pattern or connection to a common theme. To solve this puzzle, you need to:


  • Discover the hidden elements in the sentences below and deduce the theme that binds those elements together.
  • Determine an appropriate order for the sentences based on the theme. When reordered, the sentence identifiers (A-Q) will line up with the numbers 1-17 and you can decode the coordinates below.

A. “I am one weird dude,” he said to himself.
B. “This restaurant is famous for desserts,” I stressed for the second time.
C. A Finnish sauna would be a healthy addition to my gym in the basement.
D. As her anger grew, her face got redder and her eyes turned glassy.
E. Black Sabbath’s first live album, Live Evil was released in 1983.
F. Confession was so freeing that Dennis sinned without guilt.
G. Dad would bet big bucks with his friends when he played golf.
H. Exhausted, they were still drawn onward through pure desire to just finish.
I. He started stammering like a teenager in love: “Is it I? It is I!”
J. High noon was a popular time for gunfights in the old west.
K. Late metal catalysts exhibit reduced levels of olefin insertion.
L. New York swept the series and Boston did not sob about the loss.
M. She only bet red and black at roulette, never odd or even.
N. The Hawaiian word for lava is “aa”, a great Scrabble word.
O. The young gymnast from Latvia now held the top spot in the rankings.
P. Was it a cat I saw? It was too dark to tell.
Q. When asked if it was rebellion, she retorted: “No, it is opposition.”

North:
42
(N * P)
(E + H) * D

West:
071
(G * H)
(I + K) * D

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: Jung qb lbh trg jura lbh pebff Fnenu Cnyva jvgu n fvatyr uhzc pnzry? Pnpur: Jung jbhyq Pberl qb vs ur fnj gur pnpur?

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)