Geography Club #1: So you want to graduate? Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 10/19/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cache was placed by the Geography Club at Northern Illinois University to celebrate STEMfest. A celebration of science, technology, engineering and math. To find this cache you must answer the questions below and when you have the answers the 8 numbers you end up with will fill in the blanks for the actual coordinates of this cache.

This cache is not at the listed coordinates.

This cache was placed by the Geography Club at Northern Illinois University to celebrate STEMfest. A celebration of science, technology, engineering and math. To find this cache you must answer the questions below and when you have the answers the 8 numbers you end up with will fill in the blanks for the actual coordinates of this cache.

Adhere to all campus parking regulations. If you have the correct coordinates you will be quite close to your car (and it is a quick grab) and you shouldn't have any problems so long as there isn't a campus event in progress.

THE COORDINATES LISTED ABOVE WILL NOT GET YOU TO THE CACHE.

To find the cache you will need to answer a few questions about NIU and the DeKalb area. For each of the lettered questions below, insert the number following the correct answer into the coordinate puzzle.

The true coordinates are:
N 41º AB.CD4
W 088º EF.GH1

A. NIU was established as the Northern Illinois State Normal School in
1895 (5)
1911 (8)
1903 (2)

B. NIU is the ___________largest public university in Illinois
1st (8)
2nd (6)
3rd (3)

C. Which NIU campus building houses the Geography Department?
Davis Hall (0)
Zulauf Hall (5)
DuSable Hall (9)

D. Which river runs through the NIU campus?
A branch of the Fox River (8)
A branch of the Rock River (4)
A fork of the Kishwaukee River (2)

E. Founders Library on the NIU campus is _______ of the Holmes Student Center
North (2)
South (4)
East (6)
West (1)

F. The county seat (where you find the county courthouse) for DeKalb County is?
DeKalb (0)
Sycamore (6)
Genoa (9)

G. As of the 2000 census the population of the City of DeKalb is approximately
25,000 people (4)
40,000 people (9)
56,000 people (7)

H. The Township of Malta is _____ of the City of DeKalb
North (1)
South (3)
East (5)
West (7)

Additional Hints ()

Jr ubcr lbh jrera'g gbgnyyl fghzcrq.

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)

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