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Matkot Mystery Cache

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shaishoo: The entire area was under construction and a new cache needs to be placed in a new hide..maybe its time for a new cacher to use this spot

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Hidden : 3/25/2013
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is a very simple mystery cache in Neve Tzedek a beautiful area near the sea between Tel-Aviv and Jaffa. In fact it was the first Jewish neighborhood to be built outside the walls of the ancient port of Jaffa.



The cache is near the main street of Neve Tzedek you will see lots of coffee shops and really unique stores that are not cheap but very cool. Also near the cache GZ you will see that there are some free maps of the area feel free to take one and explore the area. This cool area used to have only 1 cache and now it has none (until this cache) I hope others will follow me and hide more caches since this area clearly deserves more caches.
After you read all the interesting facts about Neve Tzedek on the web, I guess you want to find the cache. The cache is located not far from the Matkot museum (sorry only in Hebrew). For those of you who don’t know what Matkot (or here) are (I guess for all non Israeli's), its is a kind of a paddle-ball-paddle game very popular in the beaches of Israel in general and Tel-Aviv in particular.


In order to get the coordinates you need to find the answers to these Matkot/paddle related questions:
 
1. Go to The Davidsons "Matkot at the Beach" cache (GC3CDT3) and see my log (Shaishoo) from the 09/22/2012. How many times did I visit GZ before I found the cache ? Let the answer be A

2.  According  to Wikipedia in Table-Tennis  how many types Offensive and Defensive strokes are they? Let the answer be B

3. In what year did forest Gump was invited with the US ping-Pong team to meet President Nixon ? Let the year be CDEF

4.  Esther Vergeer is a Famous handicap tennis player. She has 7 Paralympics titles and many other titles but she is famous for her very long winning streak. Between 2001 and 2013 she won 559 out of 560 matches. But how many straight matches (winning streak) did she win ? let the answer be GHI

The Cache is waiting for you at N 32 03.XYZ E 034 46.TMN
X = E+C
Y = B-D
Z = E
T = I
M = H+C
N = G-A-C


One more important thing: the cache has a unique container you will need to sit on the blue chair and reach for the low hole on your right (If you can find it see the spoiler picture).

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

ernq gur vzcbegnag guvat va gur raq bs gur qrfpevcgvba

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)