With all the puzzles involving math, isn't it refreshing to have
one based on grammar instead? See if you can answer these correctly
and then take a nice stroll in this perfect little mountain valley
to find the cache. It's a little more than a mile round trip on a
pleasant trail. The posted coords might be a good place to park.
The true coordinates are simply the answers to all the questions
in order. We'll start with the easy ones since you probably know
what the number will be.
"I find that my accuracy in the trees will ______"
4) vary
5) very
(Easy, right?)
"I'd like to be buried Indian-style, where they put you up on a
high ______, above the ground."
0) wrack
1) rack
"After eating all those twinkies I was stumbling around in a
_____."
1) daze
2) days
"The congressman's aide should have been much more _____ when
discussing such sensitive issues."
3) discreet
4) discrete
"Do you think the cache is in that stand of scrub oak or a little
_____?" "We've been hiking an hour already. This hill will sap my
strength even _____."
2) further; further
4) farther; farther
6) farther; further
8) further; farther
(This one is pretty subtle. There will be no debate on the correct
answers - I am the cache owner.)
"The city needs to _____ the safety of our water supply."
3) assure
6) ensure
9) insure
(Tough one? You need to get 100% on this to pass.)
"If you're going to find a cache up on that mountain, you might as
well hide one ____."
1) two
4) too
9) to
"Don't ____ your time solving puzzles!"
1) waste
7) waist
"Don't slip along here or you will ____ all the way down to the
crick."
0) role
1) roll
"Taking your kids to find those micros would constitute
contributing to the delinquency of a ____."
1) minor
2) miner
"The description of the cache _____ that it is in a tree or
something."
4) implies
5) infers
"The vague wording in his log brought about the desired _____." "I
don't care. Past DNFs do not _____ me anyway."
0) effect; effect
1) affect; affect
8) affect; effect
9) effect; affect
"I was quickly put to sleep by the ______ drone of the nearby
freeway."
0) continuous
5) continual
"Instead of enjoying nice weather yesterday, I just ____ there in
front of the computer solving puzzles! for hours."
2) set
4) sit
7) sat
"English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and
education--sometimes it's ______ luck, like getting across the
street."
8) shear
9) sheer
And you're done!
Check
your answers.