Scottish Quiz Cache Mystery Cache
Teuchters: Archived as gone.
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A cache based on answers to a quiz on purely Scottish matters...
The above grid reference is NOT the cache location.Solve each of these Scottish clues. Each clue tells you how many letters there are in the word answer. From each word, take the required letter. This letter can be changed into a number: A=1, B=2, C=3,... Z=26 etc. Each number then must have an adjustment made to it to get the required digit to put into the cache coordinates. Are you still with me? You will need to either add or subtract the adjustment as indicated.There are ten questions. Each number is entered in order into the ten digit cache coordinates in OSGB format. The letter identifiers for the cache are NH.
Example: Q4 A famous battlefield near Inverness ? (8 letters, 2nd letter; minus 18)
Answer: Word is Culloden; 2nd letter is U which is transposed to 21, minus 18 = 3. Put this into the fourth position in the coordinates.
Now for the ten questions......
1. Which distillery is the most northerly in Scotland ? (2 words 8,4; 2nd letter of the 1st word; minus 1)
2. What is the name given to mountains between 2500ft and 3000ft ? (8 letters in word, 3rd letter required; minus 9)
3. Which north east coastal location do local heroes phone from ? (6; 6th letter; minus 7)
4. Which island was used to test biological warfare in WWII ? (8; 8th letter; plus 5)
5. What is the name of the only lake in Scotland ? (8; 2nd letter; plus 4)
6. Which island has "whisky galore" ? (7; 1st letter; minus 5)
7. In what real-life town was Hamish Macbeth one of Scotland’s finest ? (8; 5th letter; minus 2)
8. In which fictional town did Dr. Finlay “practice” with his Casebook ? (11; 6th letter; plus 1)
9. Which Shakespearean woods are reputed to have walked ? (6; 5th letter; plus 6)
10. “Glenbogle” is situated on which lochside in reality ? (6; 2nd letter; minus 1)
Good luck. Depending on the time of year, the lilies are worth seeing.
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Haqre n snyyra gerr