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Hogwarts Letterbox Hybrid

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Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A Letterbox Hybrid. The cache is not located at the posted coordinates, but requires solving a puzzle based on finding the four Hogwarts Letterbox Caches. In addition to the normal logbook and trade items, it also contains a letterbox stamp, inkpad, and stamp book. Please do not remove the stamp, ink pad, or stamp book. THEY ARE NOT TRADE ITEMS!

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was established for the education of young witches and wizards. It was founded around 990 A.D. by Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin. It is divided into four house named after the four founders. Students are assigned to houses named for the founders by a magical "Sorting Hat" which selects them based on the traits valued by the founders.

You cannot seek Hogwarts until you have visited the four caches named for the houses: Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin. Each house cache has the name of a recent founder. Using these names, and information related to the cache containers, you can determine the coordinates for this cache.

N 34 AA.BBC W 111 DD.EEF

AA Who is the cache founder of Hufflepuff?
06 Nymphadora Tonks
07 Hannah Abbot
08 Zacharias Smith
09 Cedric Diggory

BB Who is the cache founder of Ravenclaw?
04 Gilderoy Lockhart
36 Luna Lovegood
84 Garrick Olivander
90 Padma Patil

C What is the relative size of the cache containers?
2 Ravenclaw is larger than Hufflepuff
3 Slytherin is the same as Ravenclaw
5 Gryffindor is the same as Hufflepuff
9 Gryffindor is smaller than Slytherin

DD Who is the cache founder of Slytherin?
18 Blaise Zabini
19 Draco Malfoy
20 Regulus Black
21 Tom Riddle (aka Voldemort)

EE Who is the cache founder of Gryffindor?
09 Sirius Black
17 George Weasley
28 Hermione Grainger
78 Lily Evans

F What is the relative size of the cache containers?
0 Gryffindor is larger than Ravenclaw
1 Slytherin is larger than Ravenclaw
4 Hufflepuff is smaller than Gryffindor
7 Slytherin is smaller than Hufflepuff

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


Some unscrupulous wizards (probably Slytherins) may try to determine the coordinates without finding the four houses. Albus Dumbledore has placed an honesty line around the cache that will transport such evil witches and wizards to the grave of Tom Riddle Sr. where an anti-apparition charm has been placed. For cheating muggles who try to do so, your logs will be deleted with extreme prejudice!

This is a letterbox hybrid. In addition to the normal logbook and trade items, it also contains a letterbox stamp, inkpad, and stamp book. Please do not remove the stamp, ink pad, or stamp book. THEY ARE NOT TRADE ITEMS!

There is $1 and a certificate for the FTF!
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)