BOOGERHILL'S #10,000: GEORGIA HISTORY Mystery Cache
BOOGERHILL'S #10,000: GEORGIA HISTORY
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This cache was placed in honor of BoogerHill's 10,000th cache find. BoogerHill is a History teacher. He enjoys history, so this puzzle was created with him in mind. Hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed creating it!
This cache is meant to be a simple history lesson on Georgia History. The listed coordinates will provide you with parking coords. You will have to solve the puzzle below to come up with the coords to the cache.
The cache is located at N 33° xx.xxx and W 083° xx.xxx. Fill in the X's by answering the questions below. Use the following key when taking this test: A=1 B=2 C=3 D=4 E=5 F=6 G=7 H=8 I=9 J=0. There are 10 questions that correspond to the 10 x's.
1.Best known for his efforts to strengthen the national defense and to oppose civil rights legislation, he was the 66th Govenor of Georgia.
A)Eugene Talmadge
B)Marvin Griffin
C)Richard B. Russell
D)Joseph M. Brown
E)Clifford Walker
F)Carl E. Sanders
G)Lester Maddox
H)Ernest Vandiver
I)John M. Slaton
J)Nathaniel E. Harris
2.Jimmy Carter, the only Georgian elected president of the United States, held the office for one term, 1977-81. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian efforts in what year?
A)1989
B)2004
C)1988
D)1990
E)2002
F)1998
G)2001
H)1999
I)2005
J)2008
3.During the early months of the Civil War he became secretary of state for the Confederacy. He was one of the most ardent secessionists in the U.S. Senate, and helped to lead Georgia out of the Union on the eve of the Civil War.
A)Alexander Stephens
B)Jefferson Davis
C)Clement Evans
D)Howell Cobb
E)John Gray
F)Robert Toombs
G)Alfred Austell
H)Benjamin Hill
I)James Johnson
J)Henry McDaniel
4.What was the biggest battle ever fought in Georgia? It took place on September 18-20, 1863, during the Civil War (1861-65). It had 34,000 casualties, it is generally accepted as the second bloodiest engagement of the war; only the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, with 51,000 casualties, was deadlier.
A)Battle of Kettle Kreek
B)Battle of Pickett Mill
C)Battle of Chickamauga
D)Battle of Resaca
E)Battle of Chattanooga
F)Battle of Shiloh
G)Battle of Bloody Marsh
H)Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
I)Battle of Lexington
J)Battle of Yonah
5.The National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus is the only institution in the nation dedicated to telling the little-known maritime story of the Civil War. In 2009, the museum completed and commissioned a replica of what Union ship that served as part of the Union naval blockade during the Civil War before its capture by Confederate forces in 1864.
A)USS Stars and Stripes
B)USS Water Witch
C)USS Queen City
D)USS Wildcat
E)USS Young Rover
F)USS Catskill
G)USS Daylight
H)USS Forest Rose
I)USS Weehawken
J)USS Atlanta
6.Georgia's most acclaimed female participant during the Revolutionary War. Killed and captured Tories after they killed her prized turkey and forced themselves into her home, demanding to be fed. She waited till her husband could return and they were hanged from a tree. It is rumored that she sang "Yankee Doodle" while watching them die.
A)Catherine Green
B)Ella Thomas
C)Amanda Dickson
D)Rebecca Felton
E)Nancy Hart
F)Nellie Black
G)Francis Fontaine
H)Mildred Rutherford
I)Mary McLendon
J)Ellen Wilson
7.Found dressed in women's clothing, what Georgia county was Confederate President Jefferson Davis captured in after the surrender of the confederacy and the assasination of Abraham Lincoln?
A)Irwin
B)Tift
C)Lowndes
D)Worth
E)Turner
F)Coffee
G)Thomas
H)Berrien
I)Wilcox
J)Ben Hill
8.Elected as Govenor of Georgia and later died in the same year in office on March 4, 1883 and was known as the vice president of the confederacy.
A)Joseph M. Terrell
B)Jefferson Davis
C)Robert Toombs
D)Alexander H. Stephens
E)Joseph E. Brown
F)John B. Gordon
G)Alfred H. Colquitt
H)John T. Irwin
I)Joseph M. Brown
J)Nathanel Green
9.What future Govenor of Georgia had a house slave named Mammy Kate who rescued him from Tories in a clothes basket?
A)Nathan Brownson
B)John Martin
C)Samuel Elbert
D)Jared Irwin
E)Richard Howly
F)Stephen Heard
G)James Jackson
H)Edward Elfair
I)George Handley
J)John Milledge
10.What Revolutionary War General led his men in defeating the Creeks at Jack's Creek, in present-day Walton County, on September 21, 1787.
A)Elijah Clarke
B)John Houstoun
C)David Bushnell
D)William Ewin
E)Stephen Heard
F)Jared Irwin
G)George Mathews
H)William Few
I)James Jackson
J)John Clark
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