TripleDogDare #1 Mystery Cache
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We are doing a self-titled cache for our first hide, in honor of Mike’s favorite holiday movie. The coordinates do NOT bring you to the cache location, but recommended parking is in view of the item at these coordinates. You will also need to know what the item is to solve the puzzle. You are looking for an ammo can a short distance off of a trail, stocked primarily with small stuffed animals for children. On to the puzzle:
The cache is located at 43 ab.cde 77 fg.hij
When you’re asked to find the “numeric value” of a certain letter in a word, use A=1, B=2, C=3, etc.
1. What is the 3rd number in the year the movie was made?
2. How many words are in the name of the novel the movie is based on?
a=the answer in #1 minus the answer of #2
3. What’s the numeric value of the first letter in the name of the restaurant they have Christmas dinner in?
b=answer to #3
4. In how many years had Ralphie’s mother not had a hot meal for herself?
5. Ralphie’s father won a (2 words). ____ ______ What is the numeric value of the 3rd letter in the first word?
c=answer to #4 minus answer to #5
6. How many letters in the name of the soap Ralphie preferred?
7. How old did Ralphie’s aunt think he was?
d=answer to #6 plus answer to #7
8. How many smelly hound dogs did the neighbors next door have? Add the last 2 digits of that number together.
9. What is the numeric value for the letter grade Ralphie’s theme received (ignore + or -)?
10. How many times a day had Ralphie heard his Old Man use the “F” word?
e=the answer in #8 minus the answer of #9 minus the answer of #10
11. How many blocks away was Schwartz?
12. At the end of Round 1, what was the parents’ score?
f=answer to #11 minus the answer to #12
13. What is the numeric value of the 2nd letter in what you should be sure to drink?
14. Profanity was Ralphie’s father’s “_____ ______” What is the numeric value of the 2nd letter of the first word?
g=answer to #13 minus answer to # 14
15. What is the 2nd digit of the actual street address of the house used in the movie?
h= answer to #15
16. What is the numeric value of the 3rd letter of the word written on the box the prize came in?
17. The first coordinates bring you to an item that is featured in the movie. What is it? Take the numeric value of the 5th letter minus the numeric value of the 2nd letter.
i=answer to #16 plus answer to #17
18. When the teacher is giving out the theme assignment, there are several math problems written on the blackboard. What is the answer to the problem on the top left? (3 digit answer) Subtract the 1st digit of the answer from the 3rd.
19. How many letters in the “toadie’s” last name in the movie (not the actor‘s real name)?
j=answer to #18 minus answer to #19
We think the FTF prize is a good one, although we don’t have much to compare it to given the fact that it’s IMPOSSIBLE to get a FTF in this area unless several teams are all on vacation!
Good Luck - and don’t shoot your eye out!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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