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State History Lessons Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/17/2015
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED CORDS!!!!!!!

you need to do a little computer leg work for this but what an interesting lesson along the way

 

CONGRATS TO MR. & MRS. 4RFUN ON THE FTF WAY TO GO

A - ALABAMA.....Was the first state to have 9-1-1, started in what year?

(use the last two digits)

B - COLORADO...........turned down the Olympics in what year

C - FLORIDA............Jacksonville is the largest City in the U.S. how many square miles is it? (round down no decimal)

D - IDAHO............TV was patented in Rigby, Idaho, in what year?

E - OHIO............The hot dog was invented here in what year?

F - PENNSYLVANIA.......The smiley : ) was first used in what year by computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University

 

A – 9

B – 1968

C – 847

D – 1922 (hint: subtracting from itself)

E – 1892

F – 1902

 

N 44 A.BC  W 123 D.EF

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

cyrnfr rznvy zr vs lbh trg fghpx gur pnpur vf abg orybj fgerrg yriry

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)