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Stormin Norman's ~ Horrible Histories Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/19/2022
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Stormin Norman's ~ Horrible Histories

A trail created by Little Roman Z & I

ISBN 978 1407 10430 0

To find full details relating to this series see GCA299R 

To solve the questions below you will need the shown book/Google/some of your own history knowledge.

*all answers are correct to the books

Use the questions to create the formula for the final cache location.

Q1. When King Henry I died, war for the throne broke out between his nephew Stephen and his daughter ________

A = (last letter position of daughters first name) - 1

Q2. We all know who won the battle of 1066, William the Conqueror. But who took an arrow to the eye, defeated?

B = Letter position of first letter of surname

Q3. The Norman's introduced the _______ system to Britian. A pyramid system where the King sat on top.

C = (Add all the letter positions of the answer together) - 45

Q4. Geoffrey of Monmouth was a Norman who was a fan of the English legend, King Arthur. What year did he start to write about Arthur?

D & F = (_ _ (_)_ )x3

Q5. Chepstow castle was one of the first Norman built stone fortresses in Britain. Construction started in what year?

(this isn't in the book!, but it's local history so it needs to go in 😁)

E = _ _ (_) _

 

Final co-ordinates  ~ N51° 41.ABC W002° 42.DEF

 

(Hints are quiet detailed, due to tree cover signal is not the best*

 

 

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Bss cngu, cnfg gryrcubar cbyr, oruvaq gerr. Phg qbja fgerr fghzc. Ba yrqtr abg sybbe

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)