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Perfume Souq Panorama Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 3/14/2023
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


THE POSTED CACHE COORDINATES ARE NOT CORRECT! 

SOLVE THE PUZZLE TO FIND THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE CACHE. If you’re new to Qatar, welcome! And if you like this cache, please consider giving it a favorite point to encourage me to place and maintain more caches!

 

Here is the puzzle: 

AB° CD.EFG

HJK° LM.NPQ

 

A = The Lamp/Bear sculpture in the departures hall of Hamad International Airport (HIA) – but visible from Arrivals – has been photographed millions of times, often as selfies. However, it is not a unique piece of artwork. How many more Lamp/Bears did Swiss artist Urs Fischer make?

B = The number of “pillars” of Islam (core beliefs and practices)

C = With how many countries does Qatar share a land border?

D = Subtract 33 from the number of taxidermied white doves by Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan (called “Turisti”) that you can find in the HIA departures hall

E = The Qatari flag is unique among nations in that the flag is more than __ times as wide (horizontal axis) as it is tall (vertical axis)

F = How many eyelids does a camel have?

G = Qatar was a British protectorate from 1916 until 197__, when it declared independence

H = The number of rivers in Qatar

J= Qatar Airways is a __-star airline

K = The number of Emirs Qatar has

L = The approximate population of Qatar in 2023, in millions

M = Add 1 to the number of damas (checkers/draughts) lounges in Souq Waqif

N = The number of natural lakes in Qatar

P = Subtract 5 from the number of stadiums used for the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Q = Subtract 1 from the number of brass oryx sculptures by Dutch artist Tom Claassen that graze in the HIA arrivals hall

 

FTF: Team Gewei

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)