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小猫 (little cat) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/2/2023
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Since the caches in Tianjin are mostly "traditional caches", I decided to introduce "mystery caches" as a new cache type into the city. Mystery caches usually need a bit more time, since the cache is not hidden on the posted coordinates! Instead the user needs to solve a puzzle at home to find the actual cache location. On the posted coordinates you can only find a restaurant which has "cats" in its name.

For this cache you need to calculate the word value of some English words. Word value means that you convert the letter into its numerical position of the alphabet (A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4, E=5, F=6, G=7, H=8, I=9, J=10, etc.). This means the word value of the word "dad" = 4 + 1 + 4 = 9. Or WV (word value) of "hi" = 8 + 9 = 17.

We are searching for an animated mystery film whose main character is an intelligent and cynical cat, who happens to become a kind of detective and tries to solve a case he came across. The original movie was produced in German, but there is also an English version available for everyone who is interested.

Now answer the following questions:

a) Which year was the movie released? The iterated digit sum will be A. --> A
b) What's the running time of the movie (according to English Wikipedia. The German Wikipedia and imdb displays 4 minutes more.) ? --> B
c) What's the name of the movie? The word value will give you C. --> C
d) The story is written by an Turkish-born German writer. Which year is he born (last two digits)?  --> D

The final can be found here:

N 39° 0.(D)(A)' E 117° 16.(A+3)(B-C+1)'

The formular does not mean, that the values in the bracket should be multiplicated.

( Example: IF A=2;B=50;C=22,D=17 ==> N 39° 0.172' E 117 16.529' )

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Unir n frng naq erynk juvyr lbh frnepu gur obk, orpnhfr vg'f n zntargvp anab (irel fznyy).

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)