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Surrey School Days 4: Best Efforts Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/26/2008
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


This is the fourth in a series concerning Surrey schools and their famous pupils. The coordinates given are not for the cache - they are for another Surrey school which has no connection (that we know of!) with this puzzle..

You need to identify the pupil (X), the Surrey school (Y) and a place (Z), from the clues given below.

X's father was a theologian and university professor.

After leaving school, X commenced a career which culminated in becoming a national hero. X's experiences during the event that took place at Z, influenced the writing of a book claimed to be one of the best selling books of the 20th century. Soon after writing this book X retired from his/her career to devote more time to what the book was promoting.

In which year did the school move to its current location? (1ABC)

What is X's year of birth? (1DEF)

How many letters in the name of Z? (G)

X lived for some time in a village in Surrey. How many letters in the name of this village? (H)

The cache location is N51 1(D-F).(C+H)(B+C)C W000 3G.(A-H)(B-E)(G+H-E)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jnvfg urvtug va ivarf bs ynetr gerr

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)