Here's a simple puzzle for those working on their mystery fizzy. I thought it’s time to place this with all the news I keep hearing about how Oregon grade school students are not performing as well academically as they should be. We will be covering the subject matter that is pertinent to grade school academia. Will you graduate or will you drop out? I guess it's time to find out if you make the grade.
The final coordinates are North AB CD.EFG and West HIJ KL.MNO
We’ll start off easy at first to get you going.
Subject 1: Arithmetic
A = 2 + 2 (I told you it was easy)
B = The square root of 25
C = The number of sides on a square divided by 1
Subject 2: U.S. History
D = The last digit of the year that Christopher Columbus discovered America
E = Number of people from Massachusetts with the last name Adams that signed the Declaration of Independence +1
F = The last digit of the year of the first Moon landing.
Subject 3: English
G = The number of parts of speech +1
H = The number of verbs in the sentence “I walked to the store”
I = To and too are homophones of what other word?
Subject 4: Geography
J = The number of continental US States that border the Pacific Ocean (don’t overthink this one)
K = What ocean is Hawai’i in? (Pacific, K=1, Atlantic, K=0, Indian, K=2)
L = How many continents share a land border with Antarctica?
Subject 5: Mixed Bag
M = How many sides does a hexagon have?
N = How many terms was Franklin D. Roosevelt elected as US President?
O = Number of US States that begin with the letter M. (Yes, Commonwealths count)
I told you this was easy, now let’s see if you passed.
You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.
Congratulations, you passed.
Oh wait, what? I missed a subject? Oh yeah, a very important part of grade school, P.E. class. Yes, good old Physical Education. Well, not to worry, I included that too. That will be performed in your quest for the cache. Will you qualify for the President’s Council on Physical Fitness? You can pass that by finding the nicely-stocked 50-caliber ammo can.