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Historic Perry Village Ohio Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/17/2024
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


DO NOT SEARCH FOR THIS CACHE AFTER DARK

The cache IS NOT at the listed coordinates. To determine the cache container coordinates you just need to answer some simple questions and complete one map puzzle.

The North coordinates are: 41° AB.CDE 

A - Who is Perry Village named after?        
    Perry Mason = 2    
    Oliver Henry Perry = 3   
    Oliver Hazard Perry = 4    
    Perry Como = 5

    
B - Which former Perry Village resident has coached in the NFL with the Bears, Broncos, Rams, Chargers, 49ers and Saints football teams?

    Robert Turner Jr. = 5    
    Brandon Staley = 6    
    Klay Kubiak = 7    
    Brian Schneider = 8
    
C - Who was one of the first two Perry Village spokesmen?

    E.M. Orcutt = 0    
    J.D. Brown = 1    
    B.P. Wipff = 2    
    G.B. Ert = 3
    
D = The last number of the year Perry Village was founded.

E = Hugh Mosher is probably one of the most well known former Perry Village residents and his face has been seen by most people who studied American art. What made his face famous?

  • He is the man getting a tattoo in Norman Rockwell's The Tattoist painting = 3    
  • He is the farmer in Grant Wood's American Gothic painting = 4
  • He is the fifer in Archibald Willard's Spirit of '76 painting = 5
  • He is old man standing in at the head of the table in Norman Rockwell's Freedom from Want painting = 7
  • He is the man in the suit sitting next to the lady in red in Edward Hoppers's Nighthawks painting = 8
  • He is the man standing in Norman Rockwell's Freedom of Speech painting = 9

Obtaining the West coordinates is easy. *If you have issues with the maps please see the ENGLISH explaination on this webpage - CLICK ME You may need to wait a few hours before the maps work again.

1. Go to this LINK.

2. Observe the Perry Village location in the top map.

3. Move the bottom map to the location you see on the top map.

4. Once the top and bottom maps match, click the CHECK button and the next page will provide you with the coordinates.

The map program is broken. The west cooredinates are W 081° 07.998

 

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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)