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The Leap Year Club Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Last night the Leap Year Club didn't meet. Today is the birthday of all 5 members.


Usually between 11:59:55 p.m., February 28, and 12:00:05 a.m., March 1, Moore and four fellow members of the Leap Year Club toast their births as they convene, just like in every other non-leap year, to celebrate their February 29 non-day. Each of the five was born in a different leap year from 1964-1980. Given the clues below, you should be able to find each celebrant's full name and the year in which he or she was born on Feb. 29.


1. Harkness was born four years before Bob was.
2. First-to-last, Silva, Linda, and Mr. Watson were born in three consecutive leap years.
3. John isn't the Leap Year Club member born in 1972.
4. Ted and Silva have been club members for 50 years.
5. Mr. Davis was born on Feb. 29 in the leap year immediately after the one in which Kathy was born.
6. Bob and Watson picked the Nightingale Inn, for this year's event.

Each birthday girl or boy has a first and a second name, and the following cipher should be used.

1964 Person A = number of letters in the second name + letters in the first name
1968 Person B = number of letters in the second name - letters in the first name
1972 Person C = number of letters in the second name
1976 Person D = number of letters in the first name
1980 Person E = number of letters in the second name + letters in the first name

Cache can be found at N51 53.DCB W001 07.CAE


You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

SNE RAQ BA GUR EVTUG

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)