Monkey Puzzles
The cache is not located at these coordinates to get the real coordinates to locate the cache you must first solve the puzzles below. these puzzles are generally quite easy although the first 2 may test your skills. After solving the cache location is relatively easy to find although signing may be harder. The cache is a tree climb and was placed without use of specialist equipment although some is advised if you are unsure of your abilities. Please replace cache after finding to ensure the container is out of site from the ground as much as possible. This cache may not be spotted from the ground but should be quite easy to spot as you climb.
This is my first puzzle cache and I designed it to combine two of my favourite caching features puzzles and tree climbing. It is a mix of puzzles I know.
Well done to Alfreton Divers for first to find and Plasmawave for second to find
- Puzzle 1:
You are in a room with 3 switches which correspond to 3 bulbs in another room and you dont know which switch corresponds to which bulb. The bulbs are all off to start with. You may not use any external equipment (batteries etc.) what is the minimum amount of times you need to visit the room to work out which bulb corresponds to which switch?
The minimum visits to the room you can possibly do this in = A
- Puzzle 2:
You have to get everyone to the other side of the river, there are two duaghters, two sons, a mother, a father, a police officer and a criminal, but there are some rules: The robber cannot be left/travel (added this to clarify as this caused a little confusion) without the police officer, he can however be left completely alone, The father may not be left with his duaghters without the mother present, and the mother cannot be left with her sons without the father present. But the raft must always have someone on it can take a maximum of two people and a minimum of 1 person and only the adults know how to operate the raft. Travelling either way across the river counts as a move. What is the minimum amount of moves it is possible to do this in?
B = The sum of number of the minimum moves this is possible in + 1
- Puzzle 3:
You have 9 balls, equally big, equally heavy - except for one, which is a little heavier. You have a balance scale with the ability to weigh two things or groups of items at a time
The minimum weigh-ins required to figure out which ball is heavier = C
- Puzzle 4:
A salesman sold 7 times as many pears in the afternoon than in the morning.
If he sold 40 kilograms of pears that day, The amount of pears he sold in the morning = D.
The real coordinates are:
N 52 5D C20
W001 A8.B00
You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.