This is a Trivia based Mystery cache program which you must play in order to find
the coordinates to No trivial pursuit of a Cache. The questions range from easy to difficult, and it is
up to you to pick the coordinates you wish to receive for a correct answer. There is
no limit to how many questions you can answer correctly, however, you are only allowed
5 incorrect attempts in 15 minutes or you must wait until the time
period expires. This includes incorrect answers, attempts to re-submit answers, refreshes,
etc. Once you answer a question correctly, you have up to 15 minutes to pick a hint to
receive.
I hope you have fun with the trivia questions and finding the cache, I had fun writing
this program to facilitate it. The logging requirements for this cache are documented on the
cache page, and this program does not attempt to enforce any requirements upon players based on
any names or IDs. It is up to each player to follow the rules.
This program creates no cookies, requires no authentication, will not ask for any username or ID,
and only does basic server-side tracking of submissions to minimize the chances of players cheating and getting
free answers. Minimal Javascript is employed to auto-select the input field and to give the user
a count-down timer so they can see how much time remains to answer a question. This Javascript
does not otherwise affect gameplay, so you may play this game even with Javascript blocking turned
on in your browser. I have tested this program on a variety of browsers: Firefox 3, Google Chrome,
Mozilla, Konqueror, Opera Mobile and Skyfire (Windows Mobile platform), as well as several text based
browsers such as links and lynx and all look and function correctly. Pocket Internet Explorer renders
the hint request and hint delivery odd if set to One Column view, but it is still usable.
If you have any particular issue with this program functionality, rules, or a particular
question, please contact me on my Geocaching.com profile page linked below. And in case
you are wondering, no, nobody really likes the phobia questions. :)
After you are done reading this and the basic rules of the game, you may press Play to begin.
Here are the fairly simple rules/info for this game:
- Overall game stats: 2062 correct answers (28%), 5174 incorrect answers (72%). Total of 47031 page hits.
- In case you got here from some other location, this is a trivia puzzle cache program for No trivial pursuit of a Cache
- This program maintains no record of your play except for very minimal logging of the following items
- Questions asked, time taken to answer, your answer, coordinates given for correct answers, and combined stats from all players
- You may make 5 incorrect submissions
- If you exceed this number, you must wait 15 minutes after which you are allowed to play again
- You may make unlimited correct attempts
- Answers are not case sensitive
- Trivia questions may have one or more possible answers
- Trivia questions may have multiple word answers
- Just type in the words/phrase with spaces, no quotes
- Questions were collected from years of playing Pyroto Mountain and may or may not resemble questions from other games
- The full source for this program may be viewed here
- This is a symlink to the actual source, you are seeing the live code, with the exception of the coordinates which are in a separate module
- Questions or concerns can be sent to my Geocaching Profile page