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The Cache Police Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/30/2009
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not hidden at the stated coordinates.

Solve the following Police related questions, and it'll lead you to the Cache...


A) - "just as every cop is a criminal and all the sinners saints". How many letters in the first word of the songs name?
B) - Nickname for the lead singer of the Police? How many letters?
C) - "London's first professional police force". What's was their name? How many letters in the first word?
D) - One of the derivations for the word "Police" comes from the ancient Greek word "polis". What does this word mean? How many letters does it have in English?
E) - In Medieval Spain, "hermandad's" were set up as a Police force of sorts. The first recorded case of the formation of an hermandad occurred when the towns and the peasantry of the north of Spain united to police the pilgrim road to where? The answer is 3 words long. How many letters in the second word?
F) Same town/city as E), how many letters in the 3rd word of its name?
G) - Who set up the Metropolitan Police? How many letters in his surname? Add to this the number of letters in his title.
H) - Same man as G). How many letters in his first name (don't abbreviate it)?

If an answer = 10, assume it's zero (0).

To find the cache use the following equation

51.2B.G(G-D)(B-E)
F.(A-D)(H-E).(D-C)AD

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

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

I bs gerr

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)