Boop - oop - a - doop Multi-cache
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Applewood Park hosts a three part Boop–a–licious cache dedicated to a 1930s cartoon character who has become an international icon.
1st PARAGRAPH: Betty Boop made her film debut on August 8, 1930 as a curvaceous canine cabaret singer. Originally intended to play opposite the dog Bimbo, her character evolved, her floppy dog ears morphed into earrings, and by 1932 the world’s first truly female cartoon star was fully formed. There had been female characters before Betty, but they were essentially stick-like figures who played second fiddle to male characters. Betty’s “Boop – oop – a - doop”, delivered in her melodious voice, became her signature line. Musical stars, including Maurice Chevalier, Rudy Vallee, Ethel Merman, Louis Armstrong, and Cab Calloway, appeared in Boop cartoons. Featuring these singers helped popularize a new and developing American art form - jazz. Black performers were included in the Boop cartoons; at the time their appearance was considered groundbreaking. Eventually Betty was nudged from the limelight by Pudgy, a pooch who was forever getting her in trouble, and Grampy, who assisted Betty with his clever inventions. As the first rumblings of World War II began, the cartoon market declined and the series ended in 1939. Betty’s popularity continued and in 1985 a television animated musical special celebrated her. Now, more than three quarters of a century after Betty’s debut, she remains a glamorous international icon. 2nd PARAGRAPH: Coordinates listed are for the parking lot. To find coordinates for Waypoint #2, use elements of Betty’s story combined with items found in Applewood Park to calculate letters A through J in the second waypoint; a conveniently placed table in the playground is a comfy place to sit while doing the math. 3rd PARAGRAPH: Waypoint #2: North AA degrees BB.CDE minutes and West FFF degrees GG.HIJ minutes. 4th PARAGRAPH: AA = the last two digits of the year Betty’s cartoon series ended. BB = (the number of letters in Betty’s last name) times eleven. C = (the number of horseshoe courts in the park) times seven. D = (the number of times the word "shapes" appears in the playground) times seven. E = (the number of green roofs in the playground) plus three. FFF = (the year Betty’s television special aired) minus 1880. GG = (the number of green metal steps to the top of the green roofed slide-include the top as a step) plus two. H = the last digit of the year of Betty’s film debut. I = (the number of swings in the playground) divided by two. J = (the number of red poles supporting the blue-roofed cupola in the playground) plus (the number of green roofs in the playground). 5th PARAGRAPH: Confirmation calculations: AA + BB + C + D + E = 101. FFF + GG + H + I + J = 126. 6th PARAGRAPH: Go west on the gravel trail; it will take you nearly all of the way to Waypoint #2, where you will find coordinates for the third and final waypoint. Continue on the gravel trail until you're within about 30 feet of Waypoint #3, the geocache. To reach the container you must get by a recently placed brush pile. In closing the container lid, please press down on all 4 corners so as to keep out water. Then leave the cache well-hidden.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[WP #2] guerr srrg uvtu
[WP #3] nobhg n lneq sebz n pbeare
[Boop on!]