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On Top Of Olympus Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/18/2013
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Mr. Q is a fan of ancient Greek mythology.  He has created this cache to test how well you know this subject.

THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES


To find the cache you must answer the questions and plug the results in the coordinates below:

N   43 AB.CDE
W 073 FG.HI



LATITUDE:

(A)  The Hydra was a nasty serpent with poisonous breath and many heads.  If you were able to cut off one of Hydra's heads, how many would grow back?

(B)  How many limbs does a Centaur have?

(C)  Subtract the letters in the name of the Queen of the Gods (who was married to Zeus) from the number of letters in the name of the goddess of wisdom and battle strategy.

(D)  If you had a party and invited Medusa and her Gorgon sisters as well as the Furies sisters, how many beings did you invite?

(E)  Subtract the number of letters in the name of the hero who killed Medusa from the letters in the name of the hero who killed the Minotaur.

(F)  Thought to be a fierce young warrior, how many letters in the name of the Greek god of war and violence?

(G)  Subtract the letters in the name of the monster kept imprisioned in a labyrinth in Crete beneath the palace of King Minos from the letters in the name of the man sentenced by Zeus to push an enormous boulder up a hill for the rest of time.

(H)  Add two to the number of challenges Hercules faced.

(I)  If you were being stared at by a pair of Cyclopes, how many eyes would be watching you? 


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pnpur vf ba gur fbhgu fvqr.

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)