Bilbo Baggins disappeared from the Shire to head for Rivendell
during his birthday party. Underneath the huge party tree, he gave
a speech celebrating his 111th or “Eleventyfirst” birthday.
Eleventyfirst = 111.
111 also means:
1 = One Degree of Separation
1 = ODS: Prime, the first of the seedpods to be hidden
(by Snoogans himself)
1 = This cache is the first seed taken from ODS:
Prime.
Since I will forever go down in Geocaching history as the FTFODS
(first to find an ODS cache), I am proud to announce that I have
hidden the very first seed ever taken, Seed #1. To find this cache,
one must figure out this simple puzzle.
Virtually everyone can solve the puzzle but it will take a
little time and effort, after all it would be an insult for ODS
Seed #1 to be a simple park-n-grab. Degrees remain the same, you
just need to figure out the rest.
After answering all questions and applying the formula, go to
the Posted Coordinates. There you will find a plaque with a
date (WXYZ). Add the 4 digits together (W+X+Y+Z = AA). Using the
value of AA, add that value to the North coordinates that you
deduced from the formula below. Subtract the same value from the
West coordinates. This will be the correct coordinates to take you
to the final cache.
And now for the puzzle, once upon a time in a land far,
far away:
A. Bilbo’s mother was one of how many daughters of the “head of
the Hobbits who lived across the Water”? ________
B. At the “Unexpected Party”, how many dwarves arrived at the
same time as Gandalf?
C. Early in the adventure, Bilbo tried to pickpocket an
individual name William. William was one of ______ trolls turned to
stone by the rising sun.
D. How many days did “the Company” stay in Rivendell?
_________
E. On the treasure map were runes describing a door. How high
was the door? ________
F. In Mirkwood, Bilbo spotted a boat which was used to cross the
river of black water. How many could fit in the boat at one time?
______________
G. During the Riddle Game, how many guesses did Bilbo give
Gollum on the final question?__________.
H. On his race to the “back door”, Gollum counted passages
leading either to the right or left in order to find his way. How
many passages did he count to the right before he arrived at the
passage to the back door? _____________
I. How many passages to the “left” did Gollum count to find his
way upwards to the back door of the goblins’ cave?
_________________
J. The angry goblins sang about __________birds.
K. Sitting in how many trees?__________
L. Beorn was a shape shifter, a man who could transform into a
bear. At the end of this tale, Beorn became the king of his region.
Including himself, how many shape shifters does the book says he
ruled. ________________.
M. How many days did the company travel from the enchanted
stream until they decided to make Bilbo climb a tree?
_____________
N. Bilbo was still cutting down the dwarves from the spider web
when the spiders returned. How many dwarves were still hanging at
the end of the branch? _______
O. The King of the Wood Elves accused Thorin and his company of
“pursuing and troubling” his people in the forest __________
times.
P. When Bilbo had the chance to steal the keys to the jail
cells, how many elves drank too much wine and fell asleep?
_______________
Q. How many dwarves in “the company”? ___________________
R. Near the end of the book was the battle of the _________
Armies.
S. How many "weaknesses" in Smaug’s armor were there?
____________
T. When Bilbo “burgled” Smaug he stole an object. The object was
described as a ____________? (The description contains your
number)
U. Bilbo was added to the adventure because the dwarves did not
want to go adventuring with an unlucky number. Bilbo was
conspirator # ___________?
The first step to find Eleventyfirst is: N 29° {I-O} {M-P} .
{F+G} {S} {U-K}
W095° {E-L} {A+T}.{C+B} {J-H} {[D+R]-[Q+N]}
***Note: Each digit of the coords is enclosed by {_}.
For more info regarding ODS caches go to the project website
(http://geoonedegree.proboards51.com) or visit ODS:PRIME (GCVR2F)
for more info.
REMEMBER SOLVE THE PUZZLE, VERYIFY YOUR ANSWER.
You can check your answers for the PUZZLE COORDINATES on
Geochecker.com.
THEN GO TO THE POSTED COORDINATES AND AQUIRE THE DATE IN
ORDER TO FIND THE FINAL CACHE.
You can check your answers for the FINAL COORDINATES on
Geochecker.com.
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THERE ARE NO TRAVEL BUGS IN THIS CACHE!!! This cache is used for
virtual drops by the cache owner since I can see the cache from my
front porch.