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1000th Geocache Celebration! Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/20/2020
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


This cache has been created in the honor of our father who has recently found his 1,000th geocache! The clues to this mystery cache all relate to things that are important to him. We hope that you enjoy finding this cache to celebrate our dad and his amazing accomplishment!

 

Cache is not at the listed coordinates. The coordinates provided are the location of the trailhead. Roadside parking on Cobblers Way is at N 42 13.6101,  W 71 29.226 Please avoid parking on the grass. Thank you to Hopkinton Area Land Trust for allowing us to place our cache on the Peloquin Trail! https://hopkintonlandtrust.org/property/peloquin-estates/

 

To find the coordinates to the cache, first solve each trivia question below. The answer to each question is a number

  1. Hopkinton is home to the starting line of the Boston Marathon. How many miles was the first Boston Marathon? 

  2. Oklahoma City’s capitol building is the only capitol in the nation with an oil well under it. It is located at _ _00 N Lincoln Blvd. 

  3. The most direct route from the east and west ends of campus, how many feet long is MIT’s “infinite corridor?” 

  4. How fast can a Segway Personal Transporter (PT) travel? 

  5. How many innings was the world’s longest NCAA softball game?

  6. In what year was Seattle’s famous Pike Place Market started? 

 

After answering the questions, use the key below to match digits in each answer with a letter.

  1. ABC 

  2. DE 

  3. FGH 

  4. IJK 

  5. LM 

  6. NOPQ 

 

Replace the letters in the coordinates with their corresponding digit to find the coordinates for the cache!

N 42. ME.QBO

W 71 JO.BGK

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pnpur vf uvqqra va n Ghccrejner pbagnvare naq vf uvqqra ng nobhg jnvfg urvtug.

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)