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A little History Of Geocaching Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/30/2006
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is NOT at the above coordinnates!

The cache is located a good distance away.


To find the cache you will have to take a little test to see what you know about the history of Geocaching. If you don't know the answer of a question Google can be quite helpful.


The following is the order you need to place your answers to come up with the coordinates:


N 51 ° AB.CDE W114 °FF.HCG


Now on to the "test"


Question A Who is the founder of Geocaching.Com?

1) Erick King - 1
2) Paul Lowe - 8
3) Jeremy Irish - 0
4) Tom Cruise - 9


Question B - Who placed Idaho’s first Geocache?
1) Moun10Bike - 5
2) CornerStone4 - 2
3) Cache-Me - 4
4) Indy Diver - 6


Question C – In what year was Geocaching founded?
1) 1999 - 7
2) 2002 - 0
3) 2004 - 8
4) 2000 – 9



Question D Who hid the first geocache?

1) Dave Ulmer - 2
2) Leo Devin - 1
3) Rob Unish - 9
4) Piper Howell - 7


Question E - When was the idea of geocaching first proposed?

1) May 3, 2000 - 0
2) January 3rd 2000 - 8
3) June 8th 1999 - 4
4) March 23rd 1998 – 5


Question F - When did the founder of Geocaching.com announce that he had registerd the domain Geocaching.com?

1) December 13th 1999 - 5
2) September 2, 2000 - 1
3) June 7th 1999 – 7
4) January 10th 2000- 6


Question G – Where was the first Geocaching event held?

1) San Francisco, California - 8
2) Austin, Texas - 5
3) San Jose, California - 3
4) Houston, Texas – 6


Question H – When was the first event held?

1) March 24, 2001 - 3
2) June 16th 2001 - 6
3) July 7th 2001 - 8
4) May 8th 2001 - 9


Remember, when you find a answer place it in the following order:


N 51 ° AB.CDE W114 °FF.HCG

Enjoy!

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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)