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Scheming Slytherin Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/11/2024
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


“…Or perhaps in Slytherin

You'll make your real friends,

Those cunning folk use any means

To achieve their ends.…”

- THE SORTING HAT

 

This cache is not at the posted coordinates. You must solve the final coordinates by completing your O.W.L. in Slytherin House trivia. So grab your quill and parchment and head to the Great Hall for your exam!

 

A) What is the first name of the founder of Slytherin House?

4 - SALAZAR

6 - SIGMOND

5 - SILANDER       

3 - SEVERUS   

B) Voldemort just might be the most notorious alumni of Slytherin House. He is the descendant of Slytherin himself, through the Gaunt family. What is the name of his grandfather (it is also his own middle name)?

4 - MORFIN

3 - MORDECAI

6 - MONTAGUE

5 - MARVOLO

C) Phineas Nigellus Black, ancestor of Regulus and Sirius, was a proud Slytherin. He is also widely regarded as one of the most unpopular headmasters that Hogwarts ever had. What year did he die?

7 - 1897

8 - 1925

6 - 1891

4 - 1913

D) Draco Malfoy, a Slytherin through and through, has a Hawthorn wand containing what in its core?

3 - DRAGON HEARTSTRING

6 - PHOENIX FEATHER

0 - UNICORN HAIR

7 - BASILISK HORN

E) What is the surname of the Professor who is the Head of Slytherin House during Harry’s time at Hogwarts?

4 - SNIVELLUS         

3 - SCAMANDER     

1 - SNAPE                    

2 - SCORPIUS                     

F) In what year did Harry and Ron, disguised as Crabbe and Goyle (with the use of Polyjuice Potion), find their way into the Slytherin common room to question Draco Malfoy?

1 - YEAR 1 (SORCERER’S STONE)

2 - YEAR 2 (CHAMBER OF SECRETS)

3 - YEAR 3 (PRISONER OR AZKABAN)

4 - YEAR 4 (TRIWIZARD TOURNAMENT)

 

You will find the cache at North AA° BC.CAD West EFF° BF.CEE ...don't splinch yourself when you apparate to the final location!

BE SAFE when retrieving the final cache and watch for speeding broomsticks!

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Svany: Ybj-unatvat ovfba.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)