THE FOUNDING DOCUMENTS Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 6/11/2013
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The purpose of this cache is to help promote knowledge and understanding of three of our founding documents; The Constitution, The Bill of Rights, and The Declaration of Independence.
You will need to know certain facts about these three to solve the puzzle and find the cache. We thought best for this cache to be placed as close to the capital city as possible. Cache was placed in June 2013 by redfoot5.2 and was adopted by Eve800 in October 2017.

To find the location of this cache you must solve the puzzle given below. Match the letter of the question with the number of the correct answer.
EXAMPLE:
N 3X° 1345
X. What is the best hobby?
   Doing Nothing – 2
   Geocaching – 4
   Watching TV – 1
The answer would be N 34° 1345.
You will be plugging numbers into this set of coordinates:
N 38° AB.CDE W078° FG.HIJ


You may check your answers by clicking on the button below.



Section #1: Constitution
A. How many articles are there in the constitution?
   10 articles = 7
   7 articles = 1
   9 articles = 3

B. Which paragraph of the constitution states that no titles of nobility may be granted in the United States?
   Article 1, Section 9, Paragraph 8 = 9
   Article 8, Section 2, Paragraph 1 = 7
   Article 5, Section 2, Paragraph 3 = 4

C. The constitution requires __ witnesses or open confession to be accused of treason.
   1 witness = 5
   2 witnesses = 9
   3 witnesses = 6

D. What type of government does the constitution guarantee the United States?
   Democratic = 8
   Republican = 5
   Other = 0

E. The president has __ days, not including Sundays, to sign or veto a bill, if at the end of that time neither has happened, it will become a law, just as if they signed it.
   3 days = 5
   7 days = 9
   10 days = 8


Section #2: The Bill of Rights
F. How many words are there in the first amendment?
   64 words = 8
   45 words = 4
   37 words = 3

G. Which amendment repealed the eighteenth amendment?
   The nineteenth amendment = 0
   The twentieth amendment = 7
   The twenty-first amendment = 3


Section #3: The Declaration of Independence
H. How many men signed the declaration of independence?
   52 men = 3
   56 men = 0
   57 men = 9

I. How many grievances are listed at the end of the declaration of independence?
   forty grievances = 1
   twenty-seven grievances = 6
   twenty-nine grievances = 4

J. The declaration of independence absolved all political ties with Great Britain.
   True = 2
   False = 5

The prize for First to Find is a pocket copy of all three documents, as well as a trackable for you to send on it’s journeys. Please be considerate of the nearby private property and be sure to re-hide the cache exactly as found.
Thanks to Team.Hepler (visit link) for his help with this cache.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)


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