THIS IS A MYSTERY GEOCACHE.
THE CACHE IS NOT LOCATED AT THE POSTED COORDINATES.
Wednesday is California Admission Day and to celebrate I’ve hidden a little cache. To solve for coordinates you need to ace this short quiz:
Following James Marshall’s discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma in 1848, California’s population:
A=
6 - Increased by 1686%
7 - Voted to change the San Francisco football team’s name to the 49ers
8 - All became instant billionaires overnight
9 - Moved to Texas
The highest and lowest points in the continental United States are located within 100 miles of one another in California: Mount Whitney measures 14,505 feet and Badwater Basin in __________ is 282 feet below sea level
B =
1 - Hollywood
2 - Modesto
3 - Death Valley
4 - Encinitas
Considered to be the hottest, driest place in the United States, Death Valley often reaches temperatures greater than 120 degrees Fahrenheit during the summer and averages only around ______ inches of rain each year:
C =
2 - Two
3 - Ten
4 - Twenty two
5 - Thirty two
With a trunk slightly greater than 102 feet in circumference, the General Sherman in Sequoia National Park is the largest living tree (by volume) in the world. It is estimated to be somewhere between 1,800 to ________ years old.
D =
4 – 1,900
5 - 2,700
6 – 11,000
7 - 400,000
Despite its urbanization and the loss of land to industry, California still leads the country in agricultural production. About _______ of the state’s land is federally owned. National parks located throughout the state are devoted to the preservation of nature and natural resources.
E =
0 - 5%
1 - 50%
2 - 75%
3 - 90%
What flag has never officially flown over California territory?
F =
4 - 
5 - 
6 - 
Fallbrook is known as the _______ Capital of the World and hosts an annual _______ Festival. More ______s are grown in the region than any other county in the nation.
G =
5 - orange
6 - grape
7 - corn
8 - avocado
The first motion picture theater opened in Los Angeles on April 2, 19_ _.
H =
0 - 02
1 - 12
2 - 19
3 - 21
California holds two of the top ten most populous cities: Los Angeles and _______.
I =
2 – Anaheim
3 - Fresno
4 - San Diego
5 - San Francisco
The cache is located at N 33 A.BCD W 117 EF.GHI