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Twenty Questions Letterbox - Question #16

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Twenty Questions Letterbox - Question #16

From: ephemeralletterboxer (ephemeralletterboxer@yahoo.com) | Date: 2006-06-22 16:16:17 UTC
This mail is being sent as part of an ongoing game of Twenty
Questions which has the purpose of determining the clues for the
Twenty Questions Letterbox. For more details see:

http://www.letterboxing.org/BoxView.php?
boxnum=22779&boxname=Twenty_Questions

The box is five feet from the end of a stone wall under three
relatively flat rocks.

4 questions remain. Questions answered so far:

Question 1: Is it East of 87 degrees West (This is a longitude line
just East of Chicago)?
Answer 1: Yes.

Question 2: Is it South of the Mason Dixon Line (Pennsylvania -
Maryland border)?
Answer 2: No.

Question 3: Is the box located in New England (Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut)?
Answer 3: Yes.

Question 4: Is the letterbox located in Southern New England
(Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut)?
Answer 4: Yes.

Question 5: Does the state where the box is located share a border
with New York?
Answer 5: Yes.

Question 6: Is it on the Appalachian trail?
Answer 6: No.

Question 7: Is the box in Massachusetts?
Answer 7: Yes.

Question 8: Is the box planted in one of the following counties:
Berkshire, Dukes, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Nantucket, Suffolk or
Norfolk?
Answer 8: No.

Question 9: Is it located within Essex, Middlesex or Worcester
Counties?
Answer 9: Yes.

Question 10: Is the box in Worcester County?
Answer 10: No.

Question 11: Is it located in either Boxborough, Gloucester, a city
or town that forms the border between Middlesex and Essex Counties,
or a city or town that borders New Hampshire?
Answer 11: No.

Question 12: Is the box located in either a city or town that begins
with the letter A-L?
Answer 12: No.

Question 13: Is the box located in a town or city that starts with
the letter M, T, or W?
Answer 13: No.

Question 14: Is the box located in Essex county, or in Stow,
Stoneham or Somerville?
Answer 14: No.

Question 15: Is the box located within a city or town beginning with
the letter "S"?
Answer 15: Yes.

Question 16: Is the letterbox located in Sudbury?
Answer 16: No.

Now accepting candidates for Question 17. Fire away. Please send
your questions as described in the original instructions.

Sincerely,
The Ephemeral Letterboxer





Re: Twenty Questions Letterbox - Question #16

From: Heidi (hgheck@ixpres.com) | Date: 2006-06-22 16:29:39 UTC
Woohoo! Still hope for Shirley! :)

To all those attending Greek Myth-Story Event this weekend: We will
hold a quorum to discuss upcoming questions to submit for finding this
letterbox. Meet at Athena's Temple, 6:30pm, discussion over dinner.

SapphireBerry


> Question 16: Is the letterbox located in Sudbury?
> Answer 16: No.
>
> Now accepting candidates for Question 17. Fire away. Please send
> your questions as described in the original instructions.
>
> Sincerely,
> The Ephemeral Letterboxer
>





RE: [LbNA] Re: Twenty Questions Letterbox - Question #16

From: Gretchen Caldwell (boston.rott@verizon.net) | Date: 2006-06-22 12:40:59 UTC-04:00
I must say, I'm truly shocked...I really was figuring on it being in
Sudbury.



Well, 4 questions left....the next one will pinpoint the town and the
following 3 to figure the location within.



Boston Rott



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Re: [LbNA] Re: Twenty Questions Letterbox - Question #16

From: (LundyandVickster@aol.com) | Date: 2006-06-22 18:31:15 UTC-04:00


>In a message dated 6/22/2006 12:43:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>boston.rott@verizon.net writes:

>Well, 4 questions left....the next one will pinpoint the town and the
>following 3 to figure the location within.

Folks,

Assume the next question (#17) will pinpoint the city, let's start
discussing what our options are for the next question.

We could continue to divide it geographically, but I'm not sure we could
slice it up small enough in 3 questions.

We could start assembling a list of types of areas where it might likely be
hidden, such as parks, audubons, cemeteries, historic buildings, conservation
areas, businesses etc. You get the idea. Keep in mind we still need to find a
wall.

Any other thoughts?


Larry
Lundy and Vickster
North Shore, Massachusetts


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RE: [LbNA] Re: Twenty Questions Letterbox - Question #16

From: Gretchen Caldwell (boston.rott@verizon.net) | Date: 2006-06-22 19:06:28 UTC-04:00
Once we pinpoint the town, then I think looking at what parks, wildlife
areas, nature preserves, etc are in the area is a good idea. You could
ask a general question like "Is the box located within or near to a local
park or conservation land?" You could also ask "Is the box in or near a
cemetary?" "Is the box located somewhere easily seen by the public?
Seen from a road?"



Boston Rott

_____



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RE: [LbNA] Re: Twenty Questions Letterbox - Question #16

From: Gretchen Caldwell (boston.rott@verizon.net) | Date: 2006-06-22 19:09:34 UTC-04:00


One other question that could be asked "Is the stone wall near a named or
numbered (marked) trail?"



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