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Snakes and Ladders Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 3/27/2012
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
4.5 out of 5

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Geocache Description:

Snakes and Ladders


 


Congrats to goug on a speedy FTF!!

The cache is not at the listed coordinates. In order to find the coordinates for this cache, you must solve the following 10 questions, and then do some math!

Questions:


 

A) In the Milton Bradley version of Chutes and Ladders, with 100 squares and 19 chutes and ladders, what is the average number of spins a player will need to reach square 100? (round your answer to the nearest whole number)

B) How many letters are there in the first and last name of the famous author who wrote,

"All games have morals; and the game of snakes and ladders captures, as no other activity can hope to do, the eternal truth that for every ladder you hope to climb, a snake is waiting just around the corner, and for every snake a ladder will compensate."


 

C) When using a die, what number do you need to roll to get a free roll in Snakes and Ladders?

D) Which of the following is not an alternative name for the game?

Ups and Downs (if you choose this your answer is 1)
Walt Disney's Steps 'n' Chutes (if you choose this your answer is 2)
Up and Down! The New Ladder Game (if you choose this your answer is 3)
Moksha Patam (if you choose this your answer is 4)
Vice and Virtue (if you choose this your answer is 5)
Vaikunthapaali (if you choose this your answer is 6)
Leela (if you choose this your answer is 7)

 

E) In what year did Milton Bradley introduce the game to the U.S.?

F) In the original game, which square represented the vice or evil of drunkenness.

G) In the original game, which square represented the virtue reliability.

H) How many letters are found in the term for what the 100th square is said to represent (I found 2 answers to this. Do NOT use "salvation" or "moksha")?

I) How many letters are found in the first and last names of the director of the 1996 film, Snakes and Ladders?

J) In what year was John Jacques' version of the game introduced?

Math:



Manipulate the numeric answers from questions A through J as follows:

E - 20 x (A+B+C+D) = X

20 x (F+G+H+I) - J = Y

Finally, add X/1000 to the posted North coordinates, and add Y/1000 to the posted West coordinates.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vg'f nyy va gur gvgyr! Erivrj gur nggevohgrf! Frr fcbvyre ba ynfg pnpur znvagranapr ybt vs arprffnel.

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)