Groundhog Day Cache Mystery Cache
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This is a puzzle cache, do not go to the posted coordinates, if you do, you probably will get wet.
This cache is to honor Groundhog Day 2011 and is put out in conjunction with the Westside Groundhog Day Breakfast Get-together event (GC2JY84) which will be held on Groundhog Day, February 2nd, 2011 at Hale's Restaurant. In order to find this cache, you need to answer questions about "Groundhog Day" the movie and questions in general about Groundhog Day.
To get the latitude, please answer the following questions:
1. What year was the movie "Groundhog Day" released? Let that year =A.
2. What city was it filmed in? The number of letters in the city will = B.
3. In the cafe scene in the movie, Andie McDowell quoted "unwept, unhonoured, and unsung" from Sir Walter Scott's "Lay of the _____ _____" Let the total number of letters in the missing words =C.
4. How many times was Bill Murray bitten by the groundhog during the shooting of the film? Let that number =D.
5. What song greets Bill Murray every morning in the movie when he wakes up? Let the number of words in the title of the song =E.
6. The Clocks Restaurant in the city where the movie was filmed is now a ____________. Let the numerical value of the first letter of the answer =F.
7. In the chase scene in front of the movie theater, what color Cadillac barely missed the ticket booth? Let the number of letters in that color =G.
OK, now you need to solve for the latitude.
It's at N45 (F+C+D-G) . [(A - (B*E*F*D) - (C*29) + (E*F)]
Now you need to get the longitude by solving the following set of questions about Groundhog Day, the actual holiday.
8. Punxsutawney was first settled by the Delaware Indians in 17__. Let the missing numbers =H. (it's a 2 digit number)
9. What time is Punxsutawney Phil pulled out to make his prediction?
_:__. Let the sum of the numbers =I.
10. What year was Punxsutawney declared to be the weather capital of the world? ____. Let the sum of the 4 numbers =J.
11. Punxsutawney came from the Indian name Punksad-Uteney meaning "Town of the _________" Let K= the number of letters in the missing word AND let L= the numeric value of the 4th letter in the missing word.
12. If the groundhog sees its shadow, how many more weeks of winter are we in store for? Let that answer =M.
OK, now you need to solve the longitude.
It's at W122 (K+L+M)*3 . (H+I+J)*3 + (H+J-I-L-M)
You are looking for a black plastic container with a screwtop lid, about 1/2 gallon in sizew.
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Congrats to korsmofamily for the FTF
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Zhygv-gehaxrq gerr, jrqtrq va gur pragre nobhg 1' hc sebz gur onfr.
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