Solve the puzzle below to determine the actual coordinates.
The coordinates for Smiling’s My Favorite will be in the form of
N 33 5A.BCD W 118 2E.FGH
Upper case and lower case letters are not interchangeable. “a” does not equal “A”.
Certain upper and lower case letters were chosen to avoid confusion (lower case “L” looks similar to the number 1.)
Answer the questions and plug the answers into the math problems found at the bottom of the questions.
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QUESTIONS:
a= Buddy wrote an apology note to his family. How many cookies did he admit to cramming in the VCR?
b=In Gimbel’s a fake Santa was brought in to visit with the children. He sat on a throne of lies and smelled of beef and cheese. Paul was the first boy to sit on Santa’s lap. How old did Paul say he was?
c= As a grown elf, Buddy worked in Santa’s workshop but due to his large size and the fact that he was a human he had a hard time keeping the pace when building toys. How many etch-a-sketches did Buddy build?
d=During a spaghetti dinner topped with maple syrup Buddy gulped down an entire 2 liter bottle of coke. How many seconds did his ensuing burp last?
e=At dinner with Walter, Emily and Michael, Buddy explains his love of sugar. How many main food groups do elves have?
f= The first full day Buddy lives with Walter, Emily and Michael he meets Michael as he is getting out of school and walks with him entering into a fierce snowball fight that wins Michael over. How many hours did Buddy wait for Michael outside his school?
g=In an attempt to rescue the book publishing company an award winning children’s author, Miles Finch, is brought in for his inspiration. Buddy, thinking Miles is an elf due to his short stature asks Miles if Santa knows Miles is there in New York. A very offended Miles Finch attempts to put Buddy in his place and describes his many homes with Plasma screens that are how many inches?
h=When Buddy tells Santa that he intends to go to the Empire State Building in New York City to find his father, Santa has a lot of advice for Buddy. If you see gum on the street leave it there. It isn’t free candy. If you see a sign that says “Peep Show” , that doesn’t mean they’re letting you look at the new toys before Christmas. And there are like thirty Ray’s Pizzas but the real one’s on what street?
j= At what age did Buddy first grow a beard?
k= How tall, in inches, is Buddy?
L= Jovi is wrapping Christmas presents when the Gimbel’s manager comes over and tells her that her ribbon curls must be how many inches long?
m= Buddy has a long journey from the North Pole to New York City. How many levels are in the Candy Cane Forest?
n= Walter tells Emily that Buddy told him how many times that he loves the snow?
p= The Gimbels manager is bent out of shape with the fabulous Christmas decorations Celebrating Santa’s arrival. He believes someone is gunning for his position and tells Jovi and Buddy to be on the lookout for anything suspicious and to say the code phrase “Santa’s got a brand new bag.” into his radio set to what channel?
Q= Emily is concerned that Buddy may not have gotten enough sleep. Buddy reassures her he got a full nights sleep of how many minutes?
r=Charlotte Denon is reporting on all the hoopla occuring at Central Park. She works for which New York Channel?
s=Walter Hobbs is very disillusioned about his job at the publishing house. But the children love the books accoring to one very sincere nun. Walter approves the book “The Puppy and the Pidgeon” even though how many pages of the story are published blank ?
t=Michael and Buddy enjoy their new brotherhood. Michael is often found wearing a sports jersey with what number on it?
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Plug your answers into the math problems
A=n-(m+L)
B=k-g
C=j-d
D=e+r
E=h-a
F=(b+p)-r
G=(c-t)+s
H=Q divided by f
Remember solve for parenthesis first.
Plug in your answers to the coordinates above and you have the cache location!
Enter the coordinates into Geochecker and it will verify you have the correct coordinates. If you are correct….go get the physical cache and enjoy!
You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.
Odd fact: The GZ code assigned to this cache looks like the word Egg Nog!
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