Citizenship 101 Mystery Cache
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This cache is dedicated to QMom, who on May 25th became a US
Citizen by successfully completing her tests. On June 5th we are
going to her Naturalization Oath Ceremony which makes it official.
(I guess she's gonna stay.)
!!!! THE ABOVE COORDINATES ARE FOR PARKING ONLY !!!!
Part of becoming a US Citizen (along with the $400 application
fee!) were verbal and written tests on US Government and our
history. We've chosen a few of the questions from her workbook and
have listed them here. Your assignment, should you accept, is to
test your knowledge of our history and then, if done correctly,
find our special cache. - (Try to answer the questions before
googling to verify. Then in your log you can fess up to how many
you got right without looking.)
1. How many branches are there in our government? A___
2. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? (month / day /
year) A___ / B___ / C___ D___ E___ F___
3. What Immigration and Naturalization Service form is used to
apply to become a naturalized citizen? A___ B___ C___
4. In what year was the Constitution drafted? A___ B___ C___ D___
5. What year did the Civil War start? A___ B___ C___ D___
6. How many years in a single US Senator's term? A___
7. How many Representatives are there in Congress? A___ B___ C___
8. How many Amendments are there to the Constitution? A___ B___
9. How many letters are there in the name of the ship that brought
the pilgrims to America? A___
10. Number of Justices serving on the Supreme Court? A___
11. Number of stripes on the "Star Spangled Banner"? A___ B___
12. Number of Senators from each state? A___
To get the coordinates you need to answer the above questions and
do the following little bit of math:
The North coordinate is given as "ab degrees cd.efg" where:
a = 7A
b = 10A – 12A – 1A
c = 8A
d = 1A
e = 6A
f = 2B + 2C
g = 7C
The West coordinate is given as "hij degrees kl.mno" where:
h = 3B
i = 4D
j = 7B
k = 5C – 11A – 11B
l = 8B – 4A
m = 3A – 3C – 8A
n = 4C
o = 2E– 2F
This is an area off Oak Hill Road. These are public trails on
private property maintained by the town of Williston. This cache is
very similar to our "Hike and Seek" which is also in this area. If
you haven't been here yet, you'll see we set them up to be done
together. The trail starts at the parking area given below and
follows the edge of the field until you enter the woods. As you get
back in the woods, you will see the tubing for the sugar house
located below in the field. No part of the cache is located
anywhere near a tree that has been tapped. We have received
permission from the land owner to place the cache here. He
requested only that the small parking area, coords given below, is
used to access the trails and do not use the road leading to the
sugar house. There is a nice bench to rest between doing the
caches.
Original contents: Lots of Red White and Blue stuff, including:
Hacky Sack, 3x USA Lanyards, 2x Snap Bracelets, Bubble Maker, 2x
Koosh Uncle Sam, Clapper, Star shaped deck of cards, Christmas tree
ornament, QSeekers' Micro Geocoin, QSeekers' P-51 Mustang TB, some
other stuff and a lot of fun. Unique FTF Trophy, Pencils, Pens and
Log book and stash note.
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