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Old Port Puzzler Multi-cache

Hidden : 6/6/2007
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This challenge should take you up to 45 minutes to complete and is a puzzle within a puzzle.


Below you will find a number of questions.

By reading each of the information plaques between WP1 and WP2 very carefully you will find the answers to the questions below. Once you have done that, find the answers within the word search puzzle.

The co-ordinate of the FIRST letter of the answer will give you a letter-number combination. Disregard the letter and you end up with a number as the final answer.

 

 

eg.   Question P = You are here to find a geo??.
    In the word search grid you should find, at co-ord A14, the answer CACHE. (Disregard the letter)
    Therefore P = 14

 

 

 

WP1
=
S36 07.221
    E144 44.803
       
WP2
=
S36 07.356
    E144 44.872

 

QUESTIONS...

(These are not in the same order as the plaques. You have been warned!!)

A = A former ?? fronting High Street became the alternative entry.
     
B = J.M. Campbell operated a Carriage ?? for five years.
     
C = Henry Hopwood's iron store faced the street now known as Little ?? Street.
     
D = Hopwood's Old House was replaced by the ?? Hotel.
     
E = Owner of the Hall of Commerce was James ??
     
F = The brothel was probably run by the licensee of the ?? Hotel.
     
G = The ?? Club Hotel started in 1898.
     
H = The Bond Store was occupied by the Murray ?? Co.
     
J = The surname of an accountant.
     
K = A firm of shipping agents was ?? Wright & Co.
     
L = In 1927 Ernest ?? sold a building to R.J. Evans
     
M = Mrs ?? ran a boarding house before it burnt down in 1887.

 

WORD SEARCH GRID

 


 


Now that you have all the required numbers, work out the co-ordinates of GZ using this formula...

 

GZ
=
S36 0(C-D).(A-B-K)(K+L)(J-G)
    E144 3XH+C-M.M(E-L)(F-J)
       

 

The cache is a micro and contains log sheet only -no pen.
 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Guvf vf n qvssvphyg pnpur gb svaq. Ab uvagf, ohg evat vs lbh ner fghpx...mrebsbhe mrebrvtug friramreb gjbavar barguerr

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)