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Hidden : 8/27/2006
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Congrats to Shadow_Lang for the FTF!

The above coords are not real! You must solve the puzzle for the correct coords.

School is back in session and us teachers use the first week or two to grasp what our students know (or in some cases, what they forgot!) to see what we need to review before going on to the curriculum.

I gave the following geography quiz to my students as an ice breaker and to secretly find out just how much they know/recall about world geography. It was a lot of fun. No, really.

How many of the below can you identify correctly? I've done the 1st for you. You're welcome.

Be sure to spell the country correctly. One letter per "X" and if there is a number in the spot, use that letter for the graph below to find the coords. (Eliminate all articles such as A, An, The, etc. in your answer. If your answer is The Arabian Sea, eliminate "The" and your answer will be Arabian Sea.)

Example: What country needs feeding?

Hungary. (get it - Hungry?)

OK. Ready? Go.

Name the country that:

  • can be served in a bowl. 3XXXX
  • is fishy. X8XXXXX
  • will be on your christmas table. XXXX7
  • is on your table for Thanksgiving. XX8XXX
  • is a ginger ale. XX6XXX XXX
  • you do not want in your hair. XXXXX1
  • has a virus. XXXXXX9
  • is freezing. XXX5XXX
  • is always in a hurry. X2XXXX
  • needs a poverty program. X4XXXX
  • said that it was in a race. 8XXX
  • is a large university in NYC. XXXX0XXX
  • is an island tree in the Okefenokee Swamp. XXX8XX
  • features the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock and David Schwimmer. XXXXXXX4XX
  • Van Halen sings about. X7XXXX

What body of water:

  • is blushing? 8XX XXX
  • needs to be buried? X1XX XXX
  • was the original american? XXXXXX 4XXXX
  • is a tiger?XXX XX XXXXX5
  • is a coward? XXXXXX X1X

OK, now that you've got the answers, use the following chart to determine the correct coords. Make sure you have the correct spelling!

CC.LN.LYR

URO.CE.ARN

A special thanks to you-know-who for helping!

School related cache items will be found if you are correct!

*OOPS* Thanks to all those for the corrections. See, even us teachers make misteaks too ;)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Boivbhfyl gur yrggref HEB ner, jryy, lbh xabj.

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)