The above coordinates are bogus. They are for a road
intersection, Do not use them in trying to locate this
cache.
After seeing how everyone rushes to any new caches placed in our
local area, I have decided to make one of a more challenging
nature. You will have to solve mathematical logic
problems/brainteasers in order to get the coordinates to the actual
cache. Each brainteaser is independent of the previous one. Just
because you solve one problem in a certain way will have no bearing
on how the next one is solved. I also have put some of the answers
in groups of two numbers so someone won’t get the bright idea of
just trying to plug single numbers in and guessing using the trial
and error method.
To even add to the difficulty, I got permission to place this
cache on private property. This means the cache will probably be
located in an area where you just can’t guess it would be. By being
able to locate it this way, you shouldn’t be able to just solve a
few of the puzzles and then drive around looking for a public area
that is nearby. When you actually get to the cache location, you
will think to yourself that there can’t be a cache here, but there
is. The only clues that I’m giving are that you can park on the
side of a public road within ten feet of the cache and you might
just see other people doing maintenance work. Don’t let these
people bother you. They already know about the cache. You can park
directly in front of the cache which is an ammo box. If you are at
an area that doesn‘t fit the previous clues, then you have
miscalculated one or more puzzles.
I actually don’t expect a lot of geocachers to find this cache.
The ones who do should take pride in their accomplishment, which is
why I’m also stocking this cache with more than just the usual
trade items. I may add something like a combination lock later,
with the combination also being in the form of a brainteaser. I
will see how many people find it first before doing this.
ENJOY!!!!
TRAVEL BUGS MILEAGE MAY BE INCORRECT:
Just in case anyone gets the idea that I had to locate this
cache within a few miles of my listed coordinates at the top of the
page. The geocaching rules say that the bogus coordinates should be
within a few miles to the actual cache for correct travel bug
mileage when they are logged into caches. I got special permission
from my approver to post a bogus coordinate that may be a lot more
than a few miles away. You need to remember this if placing travel
bugs into this cache.
The answers to the following brainteasers will fill these
coordinates
N32 AB.CDE
W092 FG.HIJ
You may or may not have to use zeros to fill in some problems
.
Brainteaser # 1: Answer for A
Back during the days of Prohibition, most people belonged to
secret clubs or speakeasys if they wanted to buy alcohol. John
wanted to get into one that was located near his apartment but he
knew that you had to know the correct answer to certain questions
to be admitted thru the door. This made sure no cops could sneak
inside to see what was going on. John hid in the alley behind some
boxes and watched as other people would go to the door. He saw the
first person go and knock on the door. He heard a voice behind the
door say 12, and the person replied 6. This person was allowed
inside. John saw the next person walk up and knock on the door. The
voice behind the door said 6 this time. The patron answered back 3.
He was allowed in. Well, John knows he’s got it figured out now and
boldly walks up to the door. He knocks on it loudly and the voice
behind the door says 10. John replies back 5, and the door opens.
Two big guys beat up John and throw him out in the street.
What should have been the correct response from John ? This answer
will be A in the coordinates.
Brainteaser # 2: Answer for BHC
A clock is observed. The hour hand is exactly at the minute
mark, and the minute hand is six minutes ahead of it. Later, the
clock is observed again. This time, the hour hand is exactly on a
different minute mark, and the minute hand is seven minutes ahead
of it. How much time elapsed between the first and second
observations? Take the correct answer to this puzzle and it will
give you the digits for BHC in the coordinates.
Brainteaser # 3: Answer for DE
A high school has a strange principal. On the first day, he has
his students perform an odd opening day ceremony:
There are one thousand lockers and one thousand students in the
school. The principal asks the first student to go to every locker
and open it. Then he has the second student go to every second
locker and close it. The third goes to every third locker and, if
it is closed, he opens it, and if it is open, he closes it. The
fourth student does this to every fourth locker, and so on. After
the process is completed with the thousandth student, how many
lockers are open? Take the answer to this puzzle and it will give
you the digits for DE in the coordinates.
Brainteaser 4: Answer for FG
Bob, Joe, Sue, and Sam are walking back to their car late at night
after geocaching. The path that they are following is not lit, but
luckily they have one flashlight to share. Along the way, they come
to a long, shaky, bridge that they must cross to get over a river.
Bob and Sue are runners and love the thrill of running across the
bridge, so Bob can cross the bridge in 1 minute, but Sue is a
little slower and can cross in 2 minutes. Sam refuses to run across
the bridge, so it takes her 5 minutes to walk the bridge. Joe has a
twisted ankle and has to walk slowly, so it takes him 10 minutes to
cross the bridge. Only two people can cross the bridge at once;
otherwise it might collapse from the weight. If two people cross
the bridge at once, they walk or run the bridge at the rate of the
slower person so that they can share the flashlight. Anyone
crossing the bridge must have the flashlight with him or her;
otherwise they cannot see and might fall off of the bridge. The
flashlight must be walked back and forth because the bridge is too
long to throw the flashlight across.
What’s the shortest time it will take for the Bob, Joe, Sue, and
Sam to cross the bridge? Take the answer to this puzzle and
subtract four from it. It will give you the digits for FG in the
coordinates. Be sure to subtract four from the answer.
Brainteaser # 5: Answer for IJ
Mrs Puffem, a heavy smoker for many years, finally decided to
stop smoking altogether. “I’ll finish the twenty-seven cigarettes I
have left,” she said to herself, “and never smoke another one.”
It was Mrs Puffem’s practice to smoke exactly two-thirds of each
cigarette. It did not take her long to discover that with the aid
of some cellophane tape she could stick three butts together to
make a new cigarette. With 27 cigarettes on hand, how many
cigarettes can she smoke before she gives up the weed forever and
becomes addicted to geocaching like the rest of us? Take the answer
to this puzzle and reverse the digits for IJ. Make sure to
reverse the digits.