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IPF39: Cover Me, Punk Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/24/2013
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is my first puzzle cache. The cache is NOT at the stated coordinates. Please use stealth. It is a small cache. BYOP.


The cache can be found at the following coordinates: N 40 AB.CDE W 073 FG.HIJ

To get the numbers, just find the answers.

A) Rancid covered a NOFX song that has a person's name as a title. A is the amount of letters in that name.

B) Joey Ramone covered a Louis Armstrong song. B is the last digit in the year that Louis's song was first released.

C) Sid Vicious covered a Frank Sinatra hit. C is the first digit of the decade when the song was first released.

D) The F-Ups, Ozzy Osborne, and many others covered this song written by David Bowie and originally recorded and released by Mott the Hoople. D is the last digit of the ranking that Rolling Stone gave this song in its 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.*Revised to 2021 list, subtract 3 from that answer.*

E) Cake covered a Gloria Gaynor hit. E is the song’s ranking in Rolling Stones poll of The Best Disco Songs of All Time.

F) Millencolin covered a Dolly Parton song. Subtract the two numbers to get F.

G) The Used covered this duet by Queen and David Bowie.  G is the length of minutes the song is rounded to the nearest minute.

H) Me First and the Gimme Gimmes covered this Kermit the Frog hit. H is the amount of  things listed after the title is sung in the song.

I) Allister covered a theme to a Jim Henson show. I is the result of subtracting the digits in the amount of episodes of that show.

J) The Vandals covered a Beach Boys hit song. J is the day in October that the original song was released in the UK.

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

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh xabj gung gjb yrggref gung ner hfrq sbe erpbeqf, jryy... nqq n pnpur gb vg naq lbh ner pbirerq.

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)