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The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/22/2012
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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THE 72nd ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS (2000)

The cache is not located at the above listed coordinates. You must first figure out the REAL coordinates to “The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000)”. Please be aware of our slithery friends and watch for muggles. We understand most will not walk but park and grab so please use caution when stopping along the roads. We have placed most where parking is easily available. Oh and practice C.I.T.O. if you can.

The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony (also known as Oscars 2000) took place at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium, and was Billy Crystal's seventh time hosting the Awards. The ceremony attracted 46.53 million viewers, an audience 3.7% bigger than the previous ceremony.

Notably, this broadcast was the first Academy Awards ceremony broadcast to receive a TV Parental Guidelines rating of TV-14 (Parents Strongly Cautioned), in part due to the showing of many American Beauty clips featuring scenes of sex, innuendo, and violence. Despite its containing an offensive word, the Oscar-nominated song "Blame Canada" (from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut) was performed, with performer Robin Williams cleverly "hiding" the word; he also added a line riffing Celine Dion. The first Oscar show to be rated under the TV Parental Guidelines was the 69th Academy Awards, broadcast in 1997, but it was rated TV-PG (Parental Guidance).

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A. Best Picture nominee The Sixth Sense had a box office take of $672,806,2(A)2 million.

B. Best Actor nominee Denzel Washington’s birthday is December (B)8, 1954.

C. Number of Oscars The Green Mile won = (C).

121 10.DEF

D. Best Actress nominee for American Beauty (last name) = (D).

E. The Insider was nominated for (E) Academy Awards.

F. Best Actor winner Kevin Spacey’s birthday is July 26, 195(F).

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2. Pliers

3. Deck of Cards (With Jokers)

4. Katana

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6. Chinese Throwing Stars

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8. Immersion Blender

9. Crow Bar

10. Fishing Pole

11. Night Vison Goggles

12. Magnet

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

pnpur: cvyy obggyr, abg n unatre gbbyf: abar

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)