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ORMONDE Mystery Cache

Hidden : 5/30/2017
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Cache is not at the posted coordinates so don't bother, but the final is on West Ormonde Road which starts a few 10ths of a mile west of these coordinates.  One can determine the final coordinates by answering the questions using the internet.  Cache is not on private land. use care in pulling over; there is a safe pull-out just across the road. Be wary of poison oak; myself, I am relatively immune to it.


  The Ormonde peaked my interest so I googled it and found a wealth of information, used to determine the final coordinates.

Solve for: N 35 AB.CDE; W 120 FG.HIJ

A.  The surname Ormonde is most prevalent on this island; the 1st letter of this island corresponds to which number of the alphabet?

B.  Ormonde is likely one of the greatest race horses ever; the number of times he did not place at least first in his 16 races?

C.  Year Ormonde won the English Triple Crown?; cross out the numbers of 1, 8, and 6 and what is left over is the value for C.

D.  The year Ann Ormonde was born minus 1930.

E.  John Butler is what number as the Duke (or Earl) of Ormonde?

F.  Ormonde Island is found in which country?: The first letter of this country corresponds to which number of the alphabet?

G.  The diameter of the rotor in meters of the Ormonde Wind Farm minus 120?

H.  Ormonde Island is at 69.77 N, ?2.67 W (H is the coordinate of the first degrees of West).

I.  Hugh Grosvenor was the breeder of the race horse Ormonde; he is what number of the Duke of Westminister?

J.  The race horse Ormonde sired this number of foals by the Duke of Westminster's Eaton Stud?

Check sum: A+B+C+D+E=20; F+G+H+I+J=25

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Orarngu oenapurf. Vs lbh chg lbhe fhccbfrq pbbeqvangrf vagb Tbbtyr Rnegu naq vg qbrf abg cynpr lbh ba Jrfg Bezbaqr Ebnq, gura lbh unir yvxryl svtherq jebat.

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)