**Text updated in Jan 2016 to reflect recent cache location and historical changes**
The cache is between 1 and 2 miles from the posted coordinates. The posted coordinates used to be one of the most favorite places that students go to. Sadly, it closed down in August 2015. To find the cache location, there are two puzzles for you to solve in order to get the two locations. The cache is exactly at the midpoint of these two locations. Finding out what all items in the list in common in each puzzle would be the key to solve the puzzles.
This cache is dedicated to Roger Ebert, a well-known film critic that was born from Urbana, IL and is an alumnus of the University of Illinois. He is the first film critic to win Pulitzer Prize. On April every year, Roger Ebert's Film Festival (aka Ebertfest) is held in Champaign, which shows movies that are excellent but overlooked by the public in Roger Ebert's opinion. Even though Roger Ebert is no longer with us in Apr 2013, Ebertfest continued to be held every year.
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The Point A puzzle is as follows. How can the following quotes generate a pair of coordinates?
AA. Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.
BB. All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.
CC. I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.
D. Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
EE. Listen to me, mister. You're my knight in shining armor. Don't you forget it. You're going to get back on that horse, and I'm going to be right behind you, holding on tight, and away we're gonna go, go, go!
FF. The stuff that dreams are made of.
GG. Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?
H. Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
N AA BB.CCD W EE FF.GGH
Note: Point A is where the Ebertfest is held.
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The Point B puzzle is as follows. How can the following movies generate a pair of coordinates?
a. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
b. Children of Heaven (1997)
c. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
d. La Dolce Vita (1960)
e. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
f. My Fair Lady (1964)
g. Hulk (2003)
h. Underworld (1927)
i. The Band’s Visit (2007)
j. Umberto D (1952)
k. Pink Floyd The Wall (1982)
l. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
m. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
n. The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 (1974)
N ab cd.efg W hi jk.lmn
Note: These movies have something to do with the theme of the cache.
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Final Location: You need to find the midpoint of Point A and B. Feel free to use any method you like to solve the midpoint, which is the cache location. Since Point A and B are not too far away, the curvature of the Earth surface can be ignored. I have verified this claim by doing manual and online calculations. Therefore, there should be only one pair of correct coordinates for the final location.
Parking is available nearby. Bike and bus can also get close to the cache location. It is a micro, so bring your own pen.
Checksums:
Point A: the sum of all digits in the coordinates is 49.
Point B: the sum of all digits in the coordinates is 52.
Check your solution for the final location here.
Congratulations to illiniwilliams for the FTF!!
I am pleased to announce that this cache becomes the:
