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What's the time Mr Wolf? Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 9/13/2012
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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This is the sixteenth in a series of themed mystery caches by

The posted coordinates will have you at a 24 hour store. The cache is not here. You will need to solve the puzzle below to find its exact location where you could easily play this game. At GZ you will be searching for a small camouflaged container containing log and pencil. FTF pathtag for the successful FTF.

What's the time Mr Wolf is a children’s folk game. One child is chosen to be Mr Wolf and the other children line up at a starting line across the yard from Mr Wolf, who faces away from them. The kids call out "What's the time Mr Wolf?" and the wolf answers with a time. The other kids take a corresponding number of steps towards the wolf and ask again. Mr Wolf may call "Dinner Time!", in which case he will turn around and chase the other players back to their starting point. If Mr Wolf successfully tags a player, that player becomes the new Mr Wolf for the next round.

On a recent visit to an exhibition at the National Gallery, I was interested to discover that France created their own calendar during the French Revolution and its use was mandatory from late 1793 to 1805. In the French Republican (or Revolutionary) Calendar, a year was divided into 12 months of 30 days each, followed by 5 or 6 additional days. Each month was divided into three ten-day weeks, of which the final day was a day of rest.

Decimal time was also developed. Each day was divided into 10 hours, so that the fifth hour was noon, and the tenth was midnight. Each hour had 100 decimal minutes, and each decimal minute 100 decimal seconds.

decimal clock

Imagine you are playing this game in revolutionary France:
“Quelle heure est-il Monsieur Loup?” – 2:81:84.5
“Quelle heure est-il Monsieur Loup?” – 1:78:68.8
“Quelle heure est-il Monsieur Loup?” – heure du diner!

You will need to translate these numbers into standard time and then race to the cache before you are eaten by the wolf.

S 3_ __ __     E 14_ __ __

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Bar qrpvzny frpbaq rdhnyf cbvag rvtug fvk sbhe fgnaqneq frpbaqf. Gur zvahgrf naq frpbaqf ersre gb rknpgyl gung.

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)