Husker Football – 2 of the top 10 football teams of all time are Nebraska Cornhusker Teams, the best team ever is the 1971 team, and the 3rd best team ever is the 1995 team. The Huskers are currently the 4th winningest football of all time. Bleacherreport.com rates Dr Tom Osborne the 3rd best college football coach in the history of college football, while Bob Devaney is 15th best. Husker football fans have been very lucky throughout the years, to have a team they can stand behind, I hope this lasts through my lifetime and yours!
The Storm - One of the reasons we choose the area was to bring awareness to what a tornado can do to a town. On May 22, 2004, a tornado touched down outside Hallam, Nebraska. It would soon become the world’s largest tornado, reaching its peak at 2.5 miles wide. The tornado destroyed the town of Hallam, tossing a freight train off the tracks west of town. It continued on just north of Cortland and 2 miles north of Firth. Norris Schools suffered severe damage, the middle school being hit the worst. There the auditorium roof caved in and several walls also. Busses were tossed, and homes northeast of the schools were flattened to rubble.
Huskers Power Trail – The trail runs 13 miles wide, and 2 miles high, with approximately 185 caches. There will be some easy park and grabs, and some tough hides along the way. Due to the available hiding spots, quite a few puzzles had to be used to make the trail work.
When retrieving these hides, please pull all the way over, and do not do anything to harm yourself or others.
There are restaurants in Hallam (bottom of E), and Firth (just east of the trail). Gas can be found in Cortland (just south of the trail on HWY 77).
Cache Information
The cache IS NOT at the listed coordinates. There is nothing at Ground Zero (GZ) that will help with this cache.
Welcome to Huskers - K15 (AKA Punny Puzzle 5)
We can almost hear the collective groan from our fellow geocachers. But, believe it or not, some people actually claim they like these puzzles. So, here we go again. Enjoy if you can.
The Puzzle
There are many types of puzzle caches out there. Challenge caches, various codes and/or ciphers, Sudoku puzzles, Kakuro puzzles, number fill-ins, numerous calculations and formulas, and many more. Hopefully, at least a few of our fellow geocachers will find this puzzle a little....punny (we mean funny).
N 40 ab.cde W 096 fg.hij
Listed below are 10 puns. All you need to do is match the punchline with the first part of the pun. Once all the puns are matched up, plug the number (from the punchline list) into the appropriate space in the coordinates (using the letters from the first part of the pun).
For Example:
If the answer to pun “B” is “many Hands make light work. (4)”, plug the number “4” into position “B” of the coordinates. By the way...this is not the correct answer.
The cache is a small Lock-N-Lock container that should not be too difficult to find.
Verify your guess using the Evince link below. Good luck and we hope you have fun solving yet another punny puzzle cache.
The Punny Puzzle Puns:
| Start of Pun |
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Punny Punchline |
| A. Never give your uncle... |
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repossessed. (5) |
| B. Horse owner: Doctor, doctor! Birds keep building nests in my horses' manes! What should I do? Doctor: Sprinkle yeast on them and call me in the morning. Horse owner: But why? Doctor:... |
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I'm sorry, gentlemen, only one carrion allowed per passenger. (4) |
| C. Mr. and Mrs. Hand were electricians. All of their children grew up to be electricians as well. The motto for their family business was... |
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a dead giveaway. (9) |
| D. The sheep rustler who broke out of jail is now... |
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a nervous wreck. (2) |
| E. Two vultures board an airplane, each carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at them and says... |
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many Hands make light work. (4) |
| F. A boat can show affection when it... |
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on the lam. (3) |
| G. Two boll weevils grew up in South Carolina. One went to Hollywood and became a famous actor. The other stayed behind in the cotton fields and never amounted to much. The second one, naturally, became known as... |
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Yeast is yeast and nest is nest and never the mane shall tweet! (4) |
| H. What lies at the bottom of the ocean and twitches? |
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hugs the shore. (5) |
| I. If you don't pay your exorcist, you may get... |
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an anteater. (3) |
| J. A wealthy tycoon once said that the definition of a will is... |
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the lesser of two weevils. (0) |
