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Happy New Year 2013 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/29/2012
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Happy New Year!

And what better way to celebrate the new year than with a pub quiz of the events of last year.

If you manage to complete this then you'll be led to a regular sized clip & lock box that you can either drive all the way to, park up at the start of the footpath or park up at the start of the track.

Either way, here you go ...

January 1st - How many Wednesdays before the next party?

February 26th - How many goals did Cardiff City score in the Carling Cup Final before the end of extra time?
March 10th - How many clothes were worn by the cyclists on the streets of Lima, Peru protesting unsafe road conditions?

April 2nd - How many daughters of Osama bin Laden are convicted of illegally living in Pakistan?
Star Wars Day - How many ministers did Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete sack amid allegations of government corruption?
June 12th - Scientists announce creation of a new chemical compound, NOTT-20x, capable of selectively absorbing carbon dioxide.

July 25th - An eleven year old boy tried to board a plane to Rome on his own. How many passports did he have?

August 28th - Tropical Storm Isaac is upgraded to a category x hurricane
September 20th - Data from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign shows the Antarctic ice sheet reached its xth-largest extent on September 12, at 16.14 million km²

October 10th - A court in Moscow, Russia, frees how many Pussy Riot members at an appeal hearing?
November 29th - How many people die after a freight train fire on the French side of the Channel Tunnel?
December 28th - , Sean O'Driscoll is sacked as Nottingham Forest manager after how many months in charge?

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

haqre pbapergr fynof

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)