To find this cache, you must solve a series of six problems, followed by a final cryptologic challenge! But before we begin, let's start with a few mental warm-up exercises...
Warm-up Exercise 1: Find your way through the maze.
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Warm-up Exercise 2: Connect the dots.
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All warmed up? Good, because it gets harder from here on..
Problem 1: Word Search. Find the word by looking across, down, diagonally, forwards or backwards.
Problem 2: How many beans are in the jar?
(spell the answer)
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Problem 3: Spell the word "RABBIT".
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Problem 4: Part of this picture is missing. Can you guess what this animal is by examining the incomplete drawing?
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Problem 5: Word Scramble. Rearrange the scrambled letters below to form the correct word. The first two are done for you.
TA -> AT
FO -> OF
NI -> _ _
Problem 6:
Dust off your cryptography skills, here comes your final challenge!
The actual coordinates are:
N 33° 43.{P1}{P2}{P3}, W 117° 57.{P4}{P5}{P6}
Use the following substitution cipher to convert letters obtained from the previous problems (P1 through P6) into numbers for the lat/long.
Substitution cipher: A=1, B=9, I=4, O=3, R=5, T-0
P1: use the first letter of the hidden word.
P2: use the first letter of the answer.
P3: use the third letter of the answer.
P4: use the sixth letter of the answer.
P5: use the first letter of the answer.
P6: use the only letter the two answers have in common (the letter where the words cross).
Puzzle Checksum:
The last four significant digits of the latitude are 3.539, and the last four significant digits of the longitude are 7.041.
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Thanks to and inspiration from (the unfortunately long out of print) "Games You Can’t Lose!", ©1977 APC, Watertown, Mass. (no authors or ISBN listed anywhere in or on the book) for the bunny and jar images.