OIAL 055: It ever was Mystery Cache
Hidden : 5/8/2020
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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 The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates. There is so much talk in the US about the electoral college, but do you know its early history? Answer these questions about the electoral college results and, more generally, US presidential elections that are all at least 200 years old. For words, take the initial letter; then for any numbers, take the ones place. The container is at North 38 AB.CDE, West 121 FG.HJK.

A. Home state of the candidate who denied Monroe a unanimous electoral win in 1820.
B. The smaller of the two states that didn't vote for Jefferson in 1804.
C. It was a close election in 1800, and Pennsylvania's electoral vote for President was especially close; this number of Pennsylvania's votes went to the winning candidate for Prez.
D. In the 1816 election, mighty Massachusetts had this many electoral votes on offer. (Alt: same digit if you use Kentucky)
E. Of the vice-presidential candidates in 1812, he was the runner-up.
F. The 1808 Vice-Presidential nominees included this incumbent Secretary of War.
G. Although organized political parties did not exist at the time of the first US presidential election, this term (also "Cosmopolitans") applied to most of the dozen or so presidential candidates.
H. Electoral votes cast for all other presidential candidates but Washington in 1792.
J. It was a close election, with Adams winning 71 electoral votes to Jefferson's 68. He came third.
K. He received more than 5 electoral votes for both President and Vice President in 1808.


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)


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