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Lëtzebuerger Quiz Cache Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/5/2005
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A cache based on answers to a quiz on purely Luxembourgian matters. Attention: Answers are to be written in Luxemburg language; otherwise you can’t find the Final cache.But this quiz is solvable, nevertheless, for everybody.

The above coordinates is NOT the cache location. Solve each of these 10 questions. 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, etc. You will need to either add or subtract the adjustment as indicated. This number is to be inserted on her coordinates place. (Answer 1, on place 1; 2 on 2 …etc)

Example: Question 2: Highest point in Luxembourg? (11 letters, 6th letter; minus 12)

Answer: BUURGPLAATZ; 6th letter is P which is transposed to 16, minus 12 = 4. Put this number into the second position in the coordinates.

 

N 49° 1 2 . 3 4 5   E 006° 6 7 . 8 9 10

 

Test: The checksum of the 10 correct numbers results in 18

 

Now for the questions:

 

1. Wou ass den weltbekannten Fotograf Edward Steichen gebuer gin?

1. Where was born the world-famous photographer Edward Steichen? (7 letters, 3rd letter ; minus 6)

2. Wéi een falschen preiseschen Hauptmann léit um Lampersbierg begruewen?

2. Which wrong Prussian “Hauptmann” is buried on Limpersberg? (9 letters, 1st letter ; minus 9)

3. Aalen Lëtzebuerger Numm fir den Mount August?

3. Old Luxemburg name for the August? (10 letters, 8th letter ; plus 1)

4. Am Béforter Schlass get een Likör hiergestallt.Aus waat?

4. In the Beaufort castle a liqueur is produced. From what? (2words 8/11, 8th letter of the 2nd word ; minus 4)

5. Zu wéi engem Hellegen sprangen d’Leit all Joers zu Iechternach?

5. To which saint do the people jump every year in Echternach? (10 letters, 4th letter ; minus 10)

6. Wéi heescht dem Michel Rodange sein Liewenswiirk?

6. How is the lifework of Michel Rodange called? (6 letters, 2nd letter ; minus 5)

7. Wéi heescht d’Uertschaft Tarchamps op Lëtzebuergesch?

7. How is the Luxemburg name of the town Tarchamps? (9letters, 4th letter ; plus 1)

8. Wén ass den Komponist vum Lidd:Kätche,Kätche breng mir nach een Pätchen?

8. Who is the composer of the song: Kätche,Kätche breng mir nach een Pätchen? (2 words 4/6, 1th letter of the 1st word ; minus 8)

9. Waat fir eng Geigend gëtt och nach Lëtzebuerger Schweiz genannt?

9. Which area is still called Luxemburg Switzerland? (10letters, 7th letter ; minus 4)

10.Wéi heescht déi Lëtzebuerger Band mam Sänger Thierry van Werveke?

10.How is the Luxemburg band with singer Thierry van Werveke called? (2 words 4/4, 2nd letter of the 2nd word ; plus 1)

Bring your on pen!

GOOD LUCK!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gerr fghzc OLBC

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)