King of Pop Art Letterbox Hybrid

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georockers412: Last of the letterbox series. It's been fun, but it looks like it is gone.

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Hidden : 10/24/2012
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Visit Andy Warhol's gravesite in Bethel Park and learn a little about this world-renowned, eccentric, and controversial artist. St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery is located at the intersection of Connor Road and Route 88. Please observe all cemetery regulations and be respectful as you hunt for the cache. Bring your own pen and ink pad.

Andy Warhol fans frequently visit his gravesite and leave personal trinkets, notes, cans of soup, or bottles of Coca Cola. If you are a Warhol fan, consider leaving a memento of your own significance on his grave or in the geocache for others to enjoy. The posted coordinates are only for Andy's gravesite. Take the Pop Art Quiz below (all answers can be found on Wikipedia) and extract the coordinates for the letterbox cache. Substitute the number for the letter on your chosen answer. (E.g. select "Carnegie Museum of Art" for question one and the value of "A" will be "1").

Final cache is located at N 40° AB.CDE W 080° FG.HIJ

01. What is the largest museum in the United States of America dedicated to a single artist?
• Carnegie Museum of Art A = 1
• The Andy Warhol Museum A = 2
02. Warhol enrolled in this school in pursuit of an art career as a commercial illustrator:
• Carnegie Institute of Technology B = 1
• Art Institute of Pittsburgh B = 0
03. In 1949, Andy moved to New York City and began a career in:
• magazine illustration and advertising C = 2
• fashion photography C = 3
04. This studio was a magnet for celebrities, artists, intellectuals, and Bohemians:
• The Bohemian D = 9
• The Factory D = 4
05. In the mid-1960s, Warhol adopted this musical band, making them a crucial element of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable multimedia performance art show:
• The Velvet Underground E = 8
• Velvet Revolver E = 1
06. The highest price ever paid for a Warhol painting is US$100 million for a 1963 canvas titled:
• Eight Elvises F = 0
• 32 Campbell's Soup Cans F = 7
07. Valerie Solanas shot Warhol in his studio on:
• June 3, 1968 G = 1
• July 13, 1967 G = 5
08. Warhol coined the widely used expression:
• 15 seconds of fame H = 2
• 15 minutes of fame H = 8
09. Warhol died in this city on February 22, 1987, from a sudden post-operative cardiac arrhythmia:
• New York City, NY I = 0
• Pittsburgh, PA I = 3
10. Warhol's coffin was a solid bronze casket with gold plated rails and white upholstery. He was dressed in a black cashmere suit, a paisley tie, a platinum wig, and:
• sunglasses J = 2
• winged-tipped shoes J = 6





About the King of Letterboxing Series
A letterbox hybrid cache is a cross between a traditional letterbox and a modern geocache. There will be 26 total caches in this series and each will include a custom stamp, specifically made for the cache. You will need to bring your own ink pad (red is suggested for King of Pop Art). Use our stamp to mark your own notebook or journal. Feel free to stamp the logbook with your own, personal stamp. Please do not remove these stamping items from the cache. Learn more about the series by reading our blog.

This cache is the starting point for the trackable "15 Minutes of Fame" (TB4MZFX).

First To Find congratulations to egroeg!

TOP SECRET CODE ENCLOSED! Inside this cache you will find one of 25 clues, printed on a narrow strip of laminated paper, needed to solve the final King of Letterboxing. Please do not remove the clue from the cache. Please do not share the clue with your best caching buddy. Copy the text (case is very relative) into your puzzle solving notebook and save it for later. If the clue is missing from the cache, please let me know so that I can replace it. If you already found this cache prior to publication of the final letterbox, email me for the top secret code.

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