The first real snowfall of the year reminded me that winter was
coming, and coming all too soon. As a result I started thinking
about my two favorite winter hobbies; geocaching and watching
movies. Actually, they are my two favorite summer hobbies as well.
Spring and fall too now that you mention it.
As a result of these musings I figured I would create a series
that melded both together. An evening spent on the couch watching a
good film followed by a short hunt for a nice winter friendly
cache. I am starting out with a mix of parental ratings, so the
kids can help out with the solving as well. Not that I don't think
kids would enjoy Robocop, it just might not be completely
appropriate.
Now that all the explanation is out of the way, fire up the DVD
player, warm up the couch and start that popcorn popping, it is
time to do some puzzle solving!
Without further ado, I bring you my Movies Worth Watching Series
#1.
FINDING NEMO!
A clown fish named Marlin living in the Great Barrier Reef loses
his son, Nemo, after he ventures into the open sea, despite his
father's constant warnings about many of the ocean's dangers. Nemo
is abducted by a boat and netted up and sent to a dentist's office
in Sydney. So, while Marlin ventures off to try to retrieve Nemo,
Marlin meets a fish named Dory, a blue tang suffering from
short-term memory loss. The companions travel a great distance,
encountering various dangerous sea creatures such as sharks and
jellyfish, in order to rescue Nemo from the dentist's office, which
is situated by Sydney Harbor. While the two are doing this, Nemo
and the other sea animals in the dentist's fish tank plot a way to
return to Sydney Harbor to live their lives free again. (from
imdb.com)
THE PUZZLE
Solve for N44 AB.CDE W072 F.GHI
A = How many jokes does Marlin know at the start of the
movie?
B = How many weeks has it been since Bruce last ate a
fish when we first meet him?
C = How many sea creatures live in the dentist's aquarium
(counting Nemo)?
D = Marlin and Dory stop to ask for directions from a
school of fish. During the conversation, how many different
"impressions" does the school perform?
E = In Sydney harbor there is a boat called The Surly
Mermaid. It's ID number is LQU XXX N. X = E.
F = P. Sherman lives at X Wallaby Way, Sydney. X - 12 =
F.
G = How many white stripes does Marlin have?
H = Gill's "house" in the aquarium has how many gold
teeth?
I = Dory plays a game of hide and seek with some small
sea creatures. How many of them is she playing with?
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.
The difficulty level is for the puzzle more than the hide. Not
that the questions are meant to be hard, but it should take a solid
two hours to get them all, and I figured that deserved more than 1
little star.