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Hidden : 5/27/2004
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3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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knowledge n - Specific information about something; The state or fact of knowing. The cache is at 47 ??.??? N and 117 ??.??? W Fill in the ?'s by the questions below. Use the following key when taking this test: A=1 B=2 C=3 D=4 E=5 F=6 G=7 H=8 I=9 J=0

1. Who played Pierre in Josette?
a. Don Ameche
b. Antonio Banderos
c. Gerard Depardieu
d. Robert Young
e. Robert Deniro
f. Fisher Stevens
g. Stanley Tucci
h. Juliette Binoche
i. Jean Luc Godard
j. Melvyn Douglas

2. What are Gog and Magog?
a. They are giants.
b. They are dwarves.
c. They are sea monsters.
d. They are children’s games.
e. They are goat’s milk, only one is Russian and the other Polish.
f. They are computer viruses.
g. They are varieties of squid.
h. They are secret service codenames for the Jenna and Barbara Bush.
i. They are a Swedish rock band.
j. They are characters from HR Pufnstuf.

3. Who wrote “ain’t no Indian loves Marilyn Monroe”?
a. Simon Ortiz
b. Rabindranath Tagore
c. Sherman Alexie
d. Hans Cory
e. Stephen King
f. Esther G Belin
g. Jo Whitehorse Cochran
h. Donald H Wolfe
i. Arundhati Roy
j. Donald Spoto

4. What is a Rowan?
a. A Mountain Ash tree
b. A boat, much like a sloop
c. The currency of Rhawanda
d. An Australian bird of prey
e. The new Crayola crayon color
f. A production company owned by Paramount
g. British slang for a junkie
h. A brand of Canadian cigarettes
i. An ice sheath in Antartica
j. None of the above

5. The phrase “hocus pocus” is a corruption of what Latin phrase from the Eucharist?
a. Habeas corpus
b. Hoc est corpus
c. Habemus Papam
d. Hac lege
e. Haud ignota loquor
f. Hoc erat in votes
g. Homo homini lupus
h. Honoris causa
i. Honor virutis preamium
j. Hunc tu cavetto

6. What is the name of the race of dwarves from whom a magic ring was stolen?
a. Nibelung
b. Khaz Modan
c. Hobbits
d. Munchkins
e. Patronum
f. Ibramis
g. Pixies
h. Wagneriana
i. Giacobe
j. Magog

7. Which Christian priest and king, according to Medieval legend, was destined to rule an empire in Africa or Asia?
a. Richard the Lionheart
b. Alfred the Great
c. Henry V
d. Bartholomew (aka Nathanael)
e. Pope Alexander III
f. Solome of Samaria
g. Marcus Antonius
h. Alexander the Great
i. Prester Johns
j. Rajko Djuric

8. What is vog?
a. Black granite
b. The mascot at the Vancouver Technical College
c. The currency of Moldavia
d. Inner city slang meaning “freak out”
e. Acronym for Virtual Optical Graphics
f. Nuclear waste
g. Fog created from volcanic ash
h. A line of sportswear
i. Half a quark
j. None of the above

9. Which of these doesn’t belong with the others?
a. Microscopium
b. Dorado
c. Reticulum
d. Fornax
e. Vulpecula
f. Pavo
g. Scutum
h. Grus
i. Arcturus
j. Bootes

10. Which of these Alfred Hitchcock films does not contain a physical cameo appearance by the director?
a. The 39 Steps
b. The Wrong Man
c. Family Plot
d. The Paradine Case
e. Spellbound
f. Under Capricorn
g. Vertigo
h. Stage Fright
i. Rear Window
j. None, he appears in all his films

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx orarngu n fgbar naq V nz gurer. -- [Stigmata (1999) ]

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)