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Merry Quizmas Tree (Dunedin, Otago) Mystery Cache

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Natalie247: I put a tester down and it seems that anything here gets found so time to clear the area for someone to put out a fresh cache.

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Hidden : 12/24/2022
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:


The cache logbook is inside of the Christmas Tree inside the 2.3L bucket which can be found at South 45° AB.CDE East 170° VW.XYZ;

Where;

A = In the 12 days of Christmas, how many Gold Rings are there?

B = If you add up all of the gifts given in the 12 days of Christmas you end up with GH4. B=H/G. (/ = divide)

C = How many ghosts show up in A Christmas Carol?
D = In the movie Love Actually what number did Billy Mack's (played by Bill Nighy) version of 'Christmas is All Around' reach in the charts?

E= The number of Charaters Tom Hanks plays in The Polar Express +1. (Search engines front page answers varies, you want what he is officially credited for, imdb is a good source option).

V = The number of letters in the Grinch's dog called minus 1.

W = How many riendeer including Rudolph pull Santa's sleigh? 

X = In which year was the first Christmas Card sent? 184X

Y = In Tim Burton's A Nightmare before Christmas, what is the name of Jack's dog?

Z = The total number of letters in the Country (starting with J) who have a tradition to eat KFC for Christmas dinner?

 

There are some gifts for the first few finders. There was a pencil in with the logbook but as these have a tendancy to go missing, please remember to bring your own. Please do not remove the tree, it is not a SWAG item.


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Xrrc gb gur rqtr bs gur terra naq ng onfr bs sbezre ynetr pnoontr gerr. Ybt vafvqr gur gerr vafvqr ohpxrg

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)