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History of Geocaching Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/30/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Hide a key. BYOP. Cache is not at posted coordinates.


Use your Google-fu to find these answers and find the Geocache!

Coordinates to solve:
AB CD.EFG - HIJ KL.MNO

Questions:

A.) Something that gives away too many details of a cache location. Also used to describe a person who gives away to many details to other geocachers?

0 bungler
1 flounderer
2 numskull
3 spoiler
4 klutz
5 rotten apple
6 muddler
7 donkey
8 duffer
9 blunderer

B.) Scoring this is confirmation of being the first person to record the first find into a caches logbook or online entry.

0 ETA
1 GFF
2 TNLN
3 DNF
4 FTL
5 FTF
6 FOUND
7 ETE
8 SL
9 TFTC

C.) An acronym to describe "when out GeoCaching, take a bag with you and pick up trash along the way?

0 CITO
1 TFTC
2 ROT13
3 TNLN
4 WAAS
5 GPS
6 UTM
7 BLM
8 APRS
9 UTC

D.) What does the accronym "GPSr" mean?

0 A member of the Geocaching Peoples Society
1 A hitchhiker
2 A member of GeoCaching.com
3 A person who uses a GPS Receiver
4 An experienced GeoCacher
5 A member of the USGS
6 A GeoCaching Treasure Hunter
7 A GeoCahing Expert
8 A GPS Receiver
9 A GeoCaching Guide

E.) What is a NeoCacher?

0 A member of a fringe group inspired by Adolf Hitler's Nazis
1 Character from the movie "The Matrix"
2 A person who works for the USGS
3 An inexperienced GeoCacher or "newbie"
4 A person who favours the Garmin brand GPS receiver
5 A Non-GeoCacher
6 A person who favours the Magellan brand GPS receiver
7 An item placed in a cache with instructions to relocate to other caches
8 An experienced GeoCacher or "old salt"
9 A special hitchhiker , trackable on GeoCaching.com

F.) Who is the founder of Geocaching.com?

0 Jeremy Irish
1 Kevin Toohill
2 Jack Peters
3 Larry Page
4 Steve Wozniak
5 Steve Jobs
6 Mike Teague
7 Jerry Carter
8 Bill Gates
9 Matt Stum

G.) Who first coined the term "Geocaching"?

0 Jeremy Irish
1 Bill Gates
2 Steve Jobs
3 Larry Page
4 Steve Wozniak
5 Jack Peters
6 Mike Teague
7 Jerry Carter
8 Matt Stum
9 Kevin Toohill

H.) Logging this entry online shows the cache owner and any future cache seekers, that you attempted, but you did not find the cache.

0 TFTC
1 DNF
2 TNLN
3 GFF
4 FTL
5 FTF
6 FOUND
7 ETE
8 ETA
9 SL

I.) A Non-Geocacher we meet in the field who wonders what we are doing, or someone who accidentally finds a cache?

0 neocachers
1 muggles
2 garminites
3 gpsers
4 babels
5 maggies
6 McCachers
7 swags
8 hitchhikers
9 magellans

J.) Originally a negative term for trinket toys of little value left in caches, its now used as a generic slang for geocache treasures.

0 McToys
1 Muggles
2 GPSer's
3 GeoToy's
4 Babels
5 Cache Gear
6 MatchBoxes
7 BRG's
8 PDA's
9 Swag

K.) What does the acronym GPS mean?

0 Garmin Positioning System
1 GeoCaching Property & Standards
2 Global Positioning System
3 Geographic Positioning System
4 GeoCaching Philosphy & Science
5 Global Positioning Standards
6 Geocaching Peoples Society
7 Geocaching.com People Signup
8 GeoCaching Positioning System
9 Global Positioning Science

L.) The ability to instinctively know where a cache is located when you get within a certain proximity?

0 Track-locked
1 Heading
2 Azimuth
3 Aiming
4 Bearing
5 Oriented
6 Confluence
7 Force
8 Coordinated
9 Locked

M.) The website GeoCaching.com was launched on what date?

0 September 2000
1 July 2003
2 November 2001
3 July 1999
4 April 2004
5 May 1999
6 December 2005
7 January 2002
8 May 2000
9 September 2001

N.) An accronym used to describe the system developed to improve GPS accuracy in the United States to within 3 meters 95 percent of the time through additional radio signals broadcast by 25 ground stations and 2 satellites?

0 USFS
1 UTM
2 WAAS
3 XTE
4 DGPS
5 APRS
6 USGS
7 NASA
8 NMEA
9 ETA

0.) A worldwide navigation system that measures the globe's coordinates using meters and kilometers.

0 WGS
1 GPS
2 NSA
3 ETA
4 TUM
5 UTM
6 BLM
7 VMG
8 CDI
9 FTF


And it is true I did completely copy this cache idea from "Geocaching" Cache quiz. "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gjbsre!

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)