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Smell Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/28/2015
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

There is nothing at the posted coordinates!


What inspired this geocache:

  • Most geocachers have good geosense so we sought to challenge a different sense.
  • Much like other Monkeyspin geocaches we wanted a little puzzling and adventuring to be involved.

The result:  A two part puzzle cache about your sense of smell!  The first part is the desk puzzle which you can solve at home, but the second part is a field puzzle which (unsurprisingly) you'll have to solve in the field.  The final cache is a short walk from the field puzzle.

 

Desk puzzle


Take the number associated with each trivia question's right answer and input it into the lattitude and longitude coordinates below to find the field puzzle.

I nose what you’re thinking.  You’ll just blow through these questions and sniff your way to the cache.  Well it’s snout that simple.  So you should be neither shiftless snort tense, but breathe easy knowing it’s snot impossible. 

 

Trivia Question #1

__________ is the inability to perceive odor (i.e. the loss of the sense of smell).

7 - Proboscisia
8 - Hyperosmia
9 - Anosmia
0 - Hyposmia

 

Trivia Question #2

Which of these creatures have the best sense of smell?

7 - Dog
8 - Human
9 - Bear
0 - Snake

 

Trivia Question #3

A __________ is a traditional Māori greeting in New Zealand. It is done by pressing one's nose and forehead (at the same time) to another person at an encounter.

7 - phol
8 - shinto
9 - ponzoli
0 - hongi

 

Trivia Question #4

__________ was a Danish astronomer known for losing the tip of his nose in a sword fight and replacing it with a piece of brass.

5 - Nicolaus Copernicus
6 - Tycho Brahe
7 - William Herschel
8 - Johannes Kepler

 

Trivia Question #5

What movie has this famous nose scene?

smell movie

5 - A Simple Twist of Fate
6 - Roxanne
7 - Three Amigos
8 - The Man with Two Brains

 

Trivia Question #6

Commercial street in Boston’s North End is said to smell like __________ following a 1919 accident whereby a giant tank of the substance collapsed causing 25 feet waves to travel at 35 mph along city streets killing 21 people.

5 - Tea
6 - Baked beans
7 - Molasses
8 - Sam Adams beer

 

Coordinates for the field puzzle


Latitude coordinate  =  N 42° 23. [TQ#1]   [TQ#2]   [TQ#3]

Longitude coordinate  =  W 071° 04.[TQ#4]   [TQ#5]   [TQ#6]

 

You can check your answer for the desk puzzle here:

 

You can check your answer for the field puzzle here:
 

 

Notes

  • No parking waypoint is provided for the field puzzle, but there are parking options if you take a look at a map before you head out.
  • Remember, the final cache is a short walk from the field puzzle.
  • Be sure to bring your own pen.
  • Bring tweezers too (just in case the log is snug in the final).

 

Have fun and happy caching!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvag gb svaq gur svryq chmmyr: Oruvaq n ovt byr zhygv-yvzorq gerr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)