Although I have a hard time sometimes remembering important things
at work or at home, I seem to have no trouble at all recalling
silly trivia from one of the great mindless TV shows of all time –
the original Gilligan’s Island. I would very much like to purge
this nonsense from my brain, but year after year it remains locked
in there, occupying space that I would like to devote to anything
but that. This cache is my attempt to finally set that trivia free.
The posted coordinates are for parking, and there are unpaved lots
on either side of the street. The round-trip distance is a little
over one mile, and the terrain is flat and easy except for the last
100 feet or so. This is the first cache that I have placed, so any
comments or suggestions are welcome.
You will need to correctly answer the easy questions below in order
to determine the actual coordinates of the cache. That is only part
of the battle, though. Save the answers to all of the questions and
bring them with you to the cache. You will need them there.
FTF prize is a $10 Gift Card from Skipper’s Seafood and Chowder
House.
A bit of bonus Gilligan’s island trivia for you: The lyrics of
“Amazing Grace” may be sung to the tune from the “Gilligan’s
Island” theme song.
Check it out.
*Cool News Update!*
She
sails again!
Easy Questions:
A. What was the name of the ship that stranded the castaways?
1. SS Island Hopper
2. SS Minnow
3. SS Pele
B. What type of port did the fateful trip start from?
4. Data port
5. Portobello
6. Tropic port
C. How long was their tour supposed to last?
1. Three hours
2. Four hours
3. Six hours
D. What was the full name of the Skipper character?
4. Seymour Kaufman
5. Sam Drucker
6. Jonas Grumby
E. What was the full name of the Professor character?
7. Archibald Bryant
8. Roy Hinkley
9. Elliott Norman
Challenging Questions:
F. The castaways were visited by fictional rock group. What was the
band’s name?
11. Raccoons
12. Honeybees
13. Mosquitoes
G. The rock group had four members. Three of their names sounded
very similar to each other. What were those names?
2. Bingo, Bango, and Bongo
3. Larry, Harry, and Terry
4. John, Ron, and Don
H. The fourth member of the band had a name that was also the name
of the 142nd fastest gun in the west. What was his name?
8. James
9. Irving
10. Bill
J. The castaways were visited by a fictional movie
producer/director. They decided to impress him by putting on a
musical production of a classic play. What was the title of the
play?
6. South Pacific
7. Othello
8. Hamlet
K. What was the name of that producer/director, played by Phil
Silvers?
8. Harold Hecuba
9. Hollywood Henderson
10. Tom Tinseltown
L. From which famous opera was the music for the castaway’s
production of that play taken?
1. Die Fledermaus
2. La Boheme
3. Carmen
M. A robot found its way to the island. The last time the castaways
saw the robot was when they gave it a command to direct it to go to
Hawaii and have it (hopefully) tell the authorities about them.
What was that command?
22. Swim
23. Walk
24. Go to Hawaii
The actual coordinates of the cache are:
N47 AA . (B+C)CA
W121 (B-C)E . (E+C)(D-A)D
You will need the following information when you arrive at the
cache site:
First number: F + H + J
Second number: A + G
Third number: (M – K) + A + G + L
Good luck!