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Does Ritchie Know? Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

FireFighterJ: Cache is no longer there. It has been muggled, swiped, thieved, deep-sixed, round-filed, or stolen - pick your favorite verb. It's "A goner".

Because RB has erected a gate that is sometimes closed, that has caused some confusion as to whether folks should walk past the gate into the "cache area", so I am permanently archiving this cache rather than replacing the cache.

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Hidden : 4/26/2004
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Don’t attempt this cache with the above listed coordinates. The coordinates are for one of the nearest cross streets. To obtain the actual coordinates for the cache, you need to solve the fun formula shown below.

The following is what was originally placed in the ammo box cache: (which has now been replaced with a tupperware container of the same approximate size)

1 Book, "Flatland"
2 Movie, "Pearl Harbor" (VHS format)
3 Little stuffed teddy bear
4 Toy airplane
5 Cache of wirenuts
6 Log Book

7

Pen

The coordinates for the physical cache (ammo box) are to be computed.  Thus; you are solving for aa, bb, ccc, xxx, yy, and zzz as follows:

N

aa  bb.ccc

W

xxx  yy.zzz

 

  Formula to use

aa

X2 - X6 + 1
bb X7 + X9 + 23
ccc X8  + 53
xxx 7X3 - 4
yy 6X4  + 3
zzz 55X1 + 55X5 - 99


Now, you may be asking, "What, in tarnation, do I use for the values for X1, X2, X3, and so on ... ?"  Glad you asked!  Solve for X1, X2, X3 ... by answering the fun questions below:

Fun Question

Solve for

The number of players playing defense in the field (at a given time) in a baseball game (not softball) X1
In reference to UFO's, "Area X2" X2
In reference to UFO's, "Hangar X3" X3
"Oldies But Goodies" song, "Love Portion No. X4" X4
In the year 1941, X5 is the Day in December of the Pearl Harbor attack X5
In the year 1944, X6 is the Day in June of the Normandy Invasion (D-Day) X6
In the year 1980, X7 is the Day in May of the Mt. St. Helens eruption X7
In reference to the book/movie, "Fahrenheit X8" (NOT the newer movie by Michael Moore) X8
In reference to the movie, "X9 Angry Men" X9
Your favorite number X10

 

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ohl Ybj, Fryy Uvtu!

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)