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Hamm Germany, Chattanooga's Sister City Mystery Cache

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northwing65: Time to let this one go. Thanks for those who found it.

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Hidden : 11/15/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Come to Chattanooga - to GeoCache!

Recently, I was contacted by a geocacher from Hamm, Germany with the idea of hiding a cache in Chattanooga to celebrate the fact that Chattanooga and Hamm are sister cities.  


The cache is located at N 35° 07.ABC W 085° 14.DEF 

To solve the final coordinates,you will need to answer a series of questions about our sister city, Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.  

 

Question A - Since which year have Chattanooga and Hamm been sister cities? 
- 1967 (4) 
- 1975 (6)
- 1976 (5)
- 1977 (6) 

 

Question B - There is an animal which is the „mascot“ of Hamm. You can see a lot of colorful sculptures in form of this animal in the city. Which animal is it? 
                  An elephant (5)
                  A horse (8)
                  A rhinoceros (9) 

Question C - In Hamm there are a many parks. Some parks are really small but one park, the Maximilianpark, is very large. Today there is a greenhouse with tropical plants and butterflies. In autumn the park is illuminated with lots of lights. Before the Maximilianpark was established in 1984 what was the area used for? 
                 A military base (1) 
                 A coal mine (4) 
                 A trash dump (8) 


 

 

 

Question D - When you take a look at the sky you probably see some gliders, because there is a small airport situated in the center of Hamm. It is called „Hamm-Lippewiesen“. Can you find out the ICAO-Code? 
                EDDG (4) 
                EDLH (5) 
                EDLW (6) 


 

 

 

Question E - When the weather is nice many people go out for a walk along the bank of the river "Lippe“. But there is also a canal with the second biggest canal port in Germany. What is the canal called? 
               Dortmund-Hamm Canal (3) 
               Hamm-Ems Canal (8) 
               Datteln-Hamm Canal (9) 


 

 

 

Question F - The coat of arms of Hamm is very old, it is used in it's present form for about 750 years. When you look at the coat of arms, which game do you remember? 
               Nine Men's Morris (6) 
               Backgammon (5) 
               Chess (8) 

 

7/27/24 Update - I'm archiving the BONUS cache that went along with this cache.   The caches in Germany are archived, so it doesn't really work anymore as intended.   This cache will continue as a stand-alone cache.

 

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