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Smile 19: The Galaxy Song (Auckland) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/8/2013
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.

The Galaxy Song

This Monty Python song sung by Eric Idle came from the movie "The Meaning of Life" in 1983. The song was part of the sketch "Live Organ Transplants", in which the surgeon (John Cleese) was trying and failing to persuade Mrs Brown (Terry Jones) to donate her liver . . .
A Wikipedia page discussing this song rates the accuracy of the astronomical facts and figures as being "tolerably accurate".

Warning: If you consider yourself easily offended, close your eyes when the lines appear, and wait for the singing to restart.

The cache is at   South 36° 4A.BCD   East 174° 4E.FGH

A = According to the song, how many hundred billion stars in our galaxy?

B = “Revolving at 900 miles an hour”. First digit (more accurately).

C = Number of letters in the appliance from where he appears and to where he returns. (If your answer is a 2 digit number, divide it by 2).

D = The number of letters in the name of the animal in the picture.

E = According to the song, how many hundred light years is the galaxy from side to side?

F = “12 million miles per minute”. Last digit (more accurately).

G = How many buttons on his cuff?

H = “30,000 light years from galactic central point”. Second digit (more accurately).

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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)