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Idaho Fun Facts Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/16/2024
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not at the posted coordinates.

I enjoy driving through Idaho and stopping at many interesting places.  Idaho has a lot of fascinating and diverse features and history. Take a look at the questions below to find the final location of this cache.

 

N 42° 1A.BCD W 113° 0E.FGH

A.  How is Idaho's capitol building heated?  Check out why this is special.
(2). Coal
(3). Electricity
(4). Geothermal water
(5). Solar 

B.  Who designed the state seal of Idaho?  Check out why this is special.
(5). Emma Edwards Green
(6). Ezra Taft Benson
(7). Joseph Albert "Joe" Albertson
(8). Vardis Fisher

C. In the 1940's, Idaho relocated beavers into the wilderness by what means?
(0). Dropping them out of airplanes with parachutes.
(1). Put them in trucks and transported them.
(2). Herded them like cattle
(3). Leaving food in the roadway and they walked.

D.  In 1914, the United States Postal Service banned something after one was mailed across the state of Idaho.  What was the item?
(0). A case of beer.
(1). A Rifle
(2). A four-year-old child.
(3). Pornography.

E.  If you took the total length of Idaho's rivers and waterways, how many times would they stretch across the US?
(3). 5
(4). 27
(5). 38
(6). 51

F. Idaho has a lot of roadless wilderness.  Which state has more roadless wilderness?
(2). Alaska
(3). None
(4). Texas 
(5). Utah

G. We know Native Americans were in the Idaho area long before white people arrived but who were the first white people to discover Idaho?
(4). David Thompson
(5). Donald Mackenzie
(6). Lewis and Clark
(7). Wilson P. Hunt

H. The name "Idaho" means
(0). Land of many waters
(1). Mountainous Country
(2). River of laves
(3). Small spring

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zntargvp

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)