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Dunblanes puzzle of puzzles Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/4/2014
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Dunblanes first puzzle of puzzles

The cache is not at the given grid reference, but you may wish to go there for a bit of a brain buzz. To find the final GZ you need to solve the puzzle, and complete the calculations with the information you gather.


A tricky puzzle, but solvable with a little thought and the use of elimination.

1. There are five dwellings.

2. The Scotsman lives in the red dwelling.

3. The Spaniard owns the dog.

4. Coffee is drunk in the green dwelling.

5. The Irishman drinks tea.

6. The green dwelling is immediately to the right of the ivory dwelling.

7. The Fish eater owns snails.

8. Haggis is eaten in the yellow dwelling.

9. Milk is drunk in the middle dwelling.

10. The French lives in the first dwelling.

11. The man who eats Spaghetti lives in the dwelling next to the man with the fox.

12. Haggis is eaten in the house next to the dwelling where the horse is kept.

13. The Dim Sum eater drinks orange juice.

14. The Chinese eats Chips.

15. The French lives next to the blue dwelling.

 

Question: Now, who drinks Water? Who owns the Giraffe?

In the interest of clarity, it must be added that each of the five dwellings is painted a different color, and their inhabitants are of different national extractions, own different pets, drink different beverages and eat different foods. One other thing: in statement 6, right means your right.

The Final cache is at N56 1A.BCD W003 5E.FGH

Note: A=1 – Z=26

A = ehT dnoces rettel fo eht doof taht eht eht namhcnerF .stae

B = sI eht tsrif rettel fo eht tep taht eht nam ni eht neerg gnillewd .sevil

C = sI eht htfif rettel fo eht doof eht nam stae ohw snwo eht esroh sunim eht htruof rettel fo sih gnillewd .ruoloc

D = ehT dnoces rettel fo eht nam ohw sknird .klim

E = ehT tsrif rettel fo eht tep taht sevil ni eht wolley gnillewd dda eht driht rettel fo eht snam tep ni eht der .gnillewd

F = tnuoC eht latot rebmun fo srettel fo knird rof eht nam ohw stae .ittehgaps

G = ehT dnoces rettel fo eht doof eht nam stae ohw sknird klim sunim eht dnoces rettel fo eht doof eht nam ohw sknird eeffoc , dda eht tsrif rettel fo eht doof morf eht yrovi .gnillewd

H = ehT rebmun fo srettel ni eht knird fo eht nam ohw stae spihc dda eht rebmun fo rettel s fo eht ruoloc fo esuoh eht drainapS sunim eht tsrif rettel fo eht ruoloc fo gnillewd ot eht tfel fo eht snamtocS .gnillewd syats .ni

 

 

Congratulations Scottiedogz for the FTF

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur pnpur vgfrys vf ybpngrq haqre n syng clenzvq, gurer vf ab arrq gb qvfgheo gur angheny zbff tebjgu ba gur jnyy. Cyrnfr ercynpr nf sbhaq.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)