An obstacle course is a series of challenging physical obstacles an individual or team must navigate usually while being timed. Obstacle courses can include running, climbing, jumping, crawling, swimming, and balancing elements with the aim of testing speed and endurance. Sometimes a course involves mental tests.
This is a puzzle obstacle course. Solving the first obstacle gives you information required to solve the next puzzle, and so on. Navigating correctly through the obstacles will give you the coordinates for the cache at the completion of the course. Good luck!
BITS & PIECES
In this puzzle, you will need to identify the NHL hockey teams from the bits and pieces shown in the boxes. The city names are always on top, and the team names on the bottom.
Upon answering all 8 correctly, you will take the corresponding number value of each letter that begins each team name and sum those numbers. Using this sum in the list below will give you the 8-letter word to use in the next puzzle. You will also use this sum again during the final obstacle to derive coordinates. Example time! If this was a list of only 3 NFL team names, and you came up with Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns, Seattle Seahawks, you would take the letters- L, B, and S, their corresponding number values based on their position within the alphabet- 12, 2, 19, and sum them- 12+2+19=33.
65 = FEATURES
76 = ALPHABET
84 = CARDINAL
87 = PRECINCT
95 = INSULATE
99 = COMEBACK
110 = PLATFORM
121 = ANTELOPE
LEFT & RIGHT
The 8-letter word you received from solving the first puzzle is used in this puzzle. Enter that word down the middle column of this puzzle grid, so that new words can be entered into the puzzle both left of and right of this center word. Using the clues provided, find the 8 missing words and enter them into their corresponding spots.
Upon completing this word puzzle, the first letters of the words on the left side and the last letters of the words on the right side will spell out a new 8-letter word. This new 8-letter word will be related to the original center word, letting you know the puzzle was solved correctly. Take the sum of the corresponding alphabetical values of the 8 letters in the new word. Use this sum in the list below which will dictate what group of letters is used in the next puzzle. You will also use this sum again during the final obstacle to derive coordinates.
68 = D,R,E,S,P,F,O,A,T
72 = L,Y,S,S,A,P,R,H,B
78 = E,R,T,M,A,R,D,O,M
82 = L,I,T,S,E,N,O,R,B
83 = D,Y,D,R,P,R,O,L,K
88 = G,I,D,M,E,N,P,I,C
NINE LETTER WORDS
Take the group of letters received from solving the last puzzle obstacle, and place them in the center column of this puzzle underneath the top center arrow. The letters should read from top to bottom in the order they were presented.
In this puzzle, you will take the given 3-letter groups and arrange them into the empty squares in the grid, so that nine letter words are formed reading horizontally. Every 3-letter group is used only once.
Upon completing the grid, two vertical nine letter words are formed in the columns marked by arrows on the bottom of the grid. These two words are related- use this relation in the list below to determine the group of numbers used in the next puzzle.
City Names 1,4,7,9,10,15,16,23
English Authors 2,4,6,9,12,13,17,21
Famous Roberts 1,3,4,6,9,12,15,18
Medical Terminology 2,3,4,6,9,11,17,20
Sports & Games 4,5,6,9,13,14,16,19
Tools & Devices 4,5,6,7,9,11,13,20
Weather Phenomena 3,4,6,9,12,13,17,22
ARITHMETIC CODE
In this logic puzzle, each of the letters A through H has one of the eight numerical values given you from the above list. No two letters will have the same value. The simple arithmetic problems are clues for determining the value of each letter.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
When you have determined the numerical values for each letter A through H from the previous puzzle, you will have this one last obstacle to navigate- find your well-earned coordinates. Order the numerical values for A through H alphabetically. Using this as one long number, divide it by 21, giving you a ten-digit number. The first five digits of this number are AAAAA and will be used to determine the North coordinates. The last five digits of the number are BBBBB and will be used to determine the West coordinates.
North Coordinates - 42 NN.NNN
From your solution of the first obstacle, BITS & PIECES, you were told to save a number. Add the digits of this number together! This new sum shall be called X. Example time! If the number you had then was 65, you would add 6+5=11. 11 would be X. If the number you had then was 121, you would add 1+2+1=4. 4 would be X.
Solve the following equation.
[AAAAA - (244.25*X)] /1000 = NN.NNN
West Coordinates - 84 WW.WWW
From your solution of the second obstacle, LEFT & RIGHT, you were told to save a number. Add the digits of this number together! This new sum shall be called Y.
Solve the following equation.
[BBBBB - (657.375*Y)] /1000 = WW.WWW
You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.
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