Missing cache has been
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Hello! Welcome to
the KIDDIE LITter box!
The KIDDIE LITter
geocache series
has been voted the July
2009
Cache of the
Month!
NOTE: CACHE NOT AT THE ABOVE
COORDINATES!
Per geocaching.com guidelines, this cache is located within 2
miles of the above location.
All caches in the series which are located within parks have
been registered with and/or placed in accordance with the
guidelines of the governing body of that park. Some caches in this
series are located on park or public property which is surrounded
on most sides by private property. Be sure to avoid trespassing on
private property when accessing them.
KIDDIE LITter
Mega-Puzzle Multi-Cache
Preliminary Cache #7
This is a multi-stage series of puzzle caches, consisting of
nine preliminary caches and a Final Cache ("The Final LITter Box").
Each of the ten caches is listed as a separate cache on www.geocaching.com. Links to all ten caches can be
found at the bottom of this listing.
Each preliminary cache can be found independently. For each
preliminary cache you find, you will earn access to a jigsaw puzzle
piece. Those nine jigsaw pieces, when put together, form the final
puzzle which, when solved, reveals the location of the Final
Cache.
Good luck!
To earn jigsaw piece #7, follow the following steps:
- Answer the trivia question below. The theme of all the
questions is “Children’s Literature”. (Hence the
name of the cache!)
- Click this link to access the
puzzle. To view each puzzle, you will need to know the
password—which is the answer to the trivia question. (To open
the puzzles, you will need Adobe Reader, which is already installed
on nearly every computer in existence these days. But if you happen
be one of the three people in the world to not have it yet, it can
be obtained for free at www.adobe.com.)
Important Disclaimer! |
Downloading files from the www.keepandshare.com links shown is necessary to
obtain details needed to find this geocache. As the cache owner, I
represent that these files are safe to download, although these
files have not been checked by Groundspeak or by the Geocache
Reviewer for possible malicious content. As a result, downloading
any files from these links is done at your own risk. |
- Solve the puzzle. The puzzles vary in style and difficulty. The
solution to the puzzle will give you the location of the
preliminary cache.
- Find the preliminary cache. Note that the preliminary caches
only contain logbooks. (However, all the containers are large
enough to hold some items, so if you want to place an item in a
cache, go ahead!) In addition to logging your visit, write down the
password written on the inside cover of the logbook.
- Click here to access the jigsaw puzzle
piece associated with this cache. The password you obtained
from the cache logbook will allow you to open the jigsaw
piece.
Once you have all nine jigsaw pieces, assemble them to reveal
the final puzzle. Solve the puzzle, and find the Final Cache!
In addition to swag, a logbook, and an FTF prize, the Final
Cache contains completion certificates for a job well done!
To convert your trivia answers into passwords, simply take the
answer to the question, remove any spaces, punctuation,
capitalization, and leading “a”, “an”, or
“the”, and spell out any abbreviations. If the answer
has more than one part, list both parts, without any
“and” or anything else between them. For example, if
the two-part answer to a question is “Jan. 1” and
“Dec. 31”, the password is
“january1december31”. If the answer to a question is
the movie “The Presidio”, the password is
“presidio”.
If the puzzle doesn’t open, it means one of several
things:
- You don’t have the right answer to the question!
- You misspelled the password. Obviously, for something like
this, spelling matters. Remember, no spaces or capital letters
should be used.
- If you’re “sure” you have the right answer,
and still can’t open it, send me a message and let me know
what happened. If you can demonstrate that you know the correct
answer, I’ll do what I can to help you.
Got all that? Good! Then without further fanfare,
Here’s the trivia question for
this preliminary cache:
This children's writer
is married to an American Olympic Games medalist in an individual
aquatic event. (Password includes the author's first and last
names.)
You can use www.geocheck.org to verify the locations of all
nine preliminary caches. (The final cache cannot be verified this
way, as the design of the puzzle makes it too prone to iterative
solving if that tool is available.)
Hints:
There are many hints located throughout all these
caches—but NOT necessarily with the preliminary cache you're
currently working on! For example, a hint to the trivia question
for KIDDIE LITter #4 might be located with KIDDIE LITter #7, or a
hint to the puzzle solution to KIDDIE LITter #6 might be located
with KIDDIE LITter #1. Therefore, if you need hints to a trivia
question, or to any of the puzzles or caches, your best approach
may be to try working on a different preliminary cache. Hints are
not hidden; they are all located in one of these three
locations:
- The second page of puzzle pdf files
- The second page of jigsaw piece pdf files
- www.geocheck.org successful puzzle solution
messages
GOOD LUCK!!!
Approximate cache publishing dates |
Cache |
Cache Name |
Date |
GC1QP7X |
KIDDIE LITter #1 |
May 29, 2009 |
GC1QQA7 |
KIDDIE LITter #2 |
June 1, 2009 |
GC1QRF8 |
KIDDIE LITter #3 |
June 3, 2009 |
GC1QRFP |
KIDDIE LITter #4 |
June 5, 2009 |
GC1QRG0 |
KIDDIE LITter #5 |
June 8, 2009 |
GC1QRG3 |
KIDDIE LITter #6 |
June 10, 2009 |
GC1QRG8 |
KIDDIE LITter #7 |
June 12, 2009 |
GC1QRG9 |
KIDDIE LITter #8 |
June 15, 2009 |
GC1QRGC |
KIDDIE LITter #9 |
June 17, 2009 |
GC1R06C |
KIDDIE LITter--The Final LITter Box |
June 17, 2009 |