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Smile 10: Mr Blobby (Auckland) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/7/2013
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A couple of puzzle caches that were published to mark August’s geocaching streak got us thinking of some other songs that have made us smile. And so an idea for a small series of puzzles was born.

Mr Blobby

We did not include this song in the series because we think it is good, but because it is sooo bad.
In Britain it is considered very prestigious to have the number one song at Christmas. If you don’t research some of the facts about it for yourself you will never believe us when we say this song achieved that feat in 1993.
More believably, it has since been voted the worst Christmas song of all time. Enjoy!

The cache is at   South 36° AB.CDE   East 174° FG.HIJ

A = How many letters in the 3rd word of the newspaper headline?

B = How many humans in the band?

C = The 2nd digit of the number of letters in the top line of the newspaper name?

D = How many letters in the red zone of the gauge?

E = How many letters and numbers on his car’s number plate?

F = How many choirboys by the Christmas tree?

G = How many letters in the green zone of the gauge?

H = The number of letters in the 2nd song Mr Blobby replaced as #1

I = The last digit of the year it polled worst song ever.

J = The number of words in the title of the first song it replaced as #1 (ignore the words in brackets).

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Trbpurpxre

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)