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GAG22 - E's dead! Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/6/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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First things first....as you all know, the cache should not be found until after 6:00 p.m. on November 7th, 2014. Alrighty then, now that we have that technical detail out of the way, shall we continue? La-la-la-la-la...!!! There are a lot of people like you searching for the Holy Grail and such. So, now let's get on with it!


As even marginally serious students of the history of Monty Python will know, ‘the “Dead Parrot Sketch” developed out of something Cleese and Chapman had previously written for a one-off special called How to Irritate People. Produced by David Frost, How to Irritate People was a collection of sketches introduced by Cleese, and co-starring Chapman, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Michael Palin, Connie Booth, Gillian Lind and Dick Vosburgh. The programme was notable for being the first time Palin worked with Cleese and Chapman, a year before they created Monty Python’s Flying Circus. … The show appears never to have been shown on British television, but was aired in the US on January 21st, 1969. The programme contained elements of material later used on Python, in particular the “Car Salesman” sketch, which eventually became the famous (Dead) “Parrot Sketch.”’ [Information and quotation taken from -- http://dangerousminds.net/comments/monty_python_the_true_story_behind_the_dead_parrot_sketch] But all was not lost. Like the little known “Car Salesman” sketch, another bit of the Python oeuvre involves an (ostensibly?) dead creature.



You’ll have to answer a few simple questions about this work to derive the coordinates for the cache. Find the digital root of the answer (except D) and plug it into the formula and you'll be well on your way to finding the cache you are seeking.

N45° 2A.BCD W076° 0E.FGH


A) Explosive frequency?
B) Sense affected? Subtract 2.
C) Primary residential location? Divide by 2.
D) Times yesterday? Subtract 2.
E) Prospective alternative resident? (one word) Multiply by 2.
F) Last week’s resident?
G) What’s formal?
H) Sensation characterization? Multiply by 2.



Watch the ground for holes and dips. Not all the trees are standing any longer, so watch your step! Congratulations to hopper12 for being FTF and claiming his prize to add to his coffee fund which I seem to be contributing to a lot lately!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

1) Jung fbat zvtug gur Zbagl Clguba “vaivfvoyr pubehf” fvat? 2) Ubyybj

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)