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Overlook Mystery Cache

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daveped: I had fun putting this together. Time to retire it and move on. Thanks for all who looked for this.
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Hidden : 12/10/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Pleasant high view of the cache area.

NOT AT POSTED COORDINATES

There is a nice overlook in the cache area of a small valley and lake.

There are 6 questions below, q1-q6. Each question should generate a number. Use the number from each question to construct the final cache location.

N44 55.q1 q2 q3 W93 26.q4 q5 q6

12/27/2011 A cacher complained about the vageness of some questions. Clarifications are in red.

q1 Number of illegitimate children fathered by King Henry VIII. Just the daughters
q2 Number of books in the Hennepin County library as of 1/1/2011. Only unique titles
q3 Largest prime number that has been discovered as of 1/1/2011. Ignore numbers that approach infinity
q4 Attendence at the Pyrotechnics Guild International convention in 2011. PGI members attending
q5 Number of different Barbie shoe designs as of 1/1/2011. Official Mattel shoes
q6 Number of letters in the longest English word. US English, not British, Canadian or Australian

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

January 2, 2012 - I unhid and elevated the cache. It had been moved and buryed a bit and was no longer winter friendly, and too hard to find.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur fvgr vf punyyratvat naq orpnhfr bs n ovt uvyy zbfg TCF rvgure yvr be obhapr n ybg V jvyy tvir fbzr ovt uvagf urer. 1. Fbyir gur chmmyr (V serryl tvir uvagf). 2. Tb gb gur pybfrfg ebnq gb gur pnpur. 3. Svaq gur raq bs gur thneq envy ba gur ebnqfvqr pybfrfg gb gur pnpur. 4. Svaq n ovttvfu gerr arneol. 5. Ybbx qbjauvyy sbe gerr ybtf ba gur tebhaq fnjrq vagb svercynpr yratguf. 6. Tb qverpgyl qbjauvyy 30-50 srr gb n ubevmbagny gerr 4-5 srrg va gur nve. 7. Ybbx ng gur qbjauvyy cneg bs gur gerr (abg gur gehax, gur gbcf raq). 8. Ybbx va n ohful fueho/fznyy gerr 1 sbbg bss gur tebhaq. 9 Pnpur vf gurer, n Ghccrejner pbagnvare. Cyrnfr qb abg ohel be uvqr guvf pnpur nal orggre guna guvf.

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)