Bastille Day Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 7/14/2004
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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It was caused by wild rumors, misunderstanding, fueled by visceral emotions, almost completely independent of reason. It was irrational, chaotic, spontaneous... and one of the single most important events in world history. The storming of the Bastille, as dramatic as it was in and of itself, was even more important symbolically. For a mob of hostile Parisians to storm this heavily fortified prison, oldest and most powerful symbol of the monarchy, shocked the world... and ushered in a completely new epoch in human history.

N 42' 0 A . B C D
W 080' 0 E . F G H

Use the Internet to read about "Bastille Day" and answer the questions below.
  1. Choose your answer
  2. Place the number in parentheses in the corresponding letter of the equation above. For instance, if I choose the first answer for question "A", I would put 2 in place of the A above.
  3. When you get all the numbers, go find the cache!
This is a regular-sized cache hidden on the edge of some woods after a short walk through an uneven field. There is off-road parking available nearby. That's all you get!

THE QUESTIONS

A. How many prisoners were inside the Bastille prison when it was stormed?
(2) 302
(3) 7
(1) 46
(4) 0

B. What event began on July 14, 1789?
(4) The Napoleanic Wars
(2) The French Revolution
(3) The French–Indian War
(1) The Anglo–French War

C. Bastille Day is often compared to which American holiday?
(2) Labor Day
(0) Veteran’s Day
(1) Independence Day
(3) All Saint’s Day

D. Which one of the following is a famous Bastille prisoner?
(8) The Man in the Iron Mask
(0) Marie Antoinette
(9) Christopher Columbus
(7) Napolean Bonaparte

E. What was the general cry of the masses on Bastille Day?
(4) "Down with the King!"
(2) "Off with their heads!"
(5) "Glory is at hand!"
(3) "To arms!"

F. What is the background cause of this event?
(9) King Louis XVI’s decision to fire his financial minister Jacques Necker
(6) The high cost of bread (due to it being so scarce...)
(1) Rumors that troops and foreign mercenaries were intending to raze Paris
(0) All of the above

G. What started out at the color of the revolution?
(5) Blue
(7) Red
(3) Green
(6) Yellow

H. What was the only thing King Louis XVI wrote in his journal on July 14, 1789?
(0) "Nothing."
(9) "All is lost."
(1) "The day of wrath is at hand."
(3) "For this they shall pay a terrible price."

Happy hunting!

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)


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