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Birthday Mammoth LbNA #40598

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:May 31, 2008
Location:
City:Jamesville
County:Onondaga
State:New York
Boxes:1
Planted by:Happy Turtle Lovers
Found by: T-N-T
Last found:Nov 10, 2009
Status:F
Last edited:May 31, 2008
Birthday Mammoth

This letterbox is dedication to and created for SWM on his birthday – May 31st. As a tribute to his birthday, and as a tribute to SWM, who is a fan of trivia, the questions below all are based on events that took place on May 31st. Once answered, the numbers will help to figure out the clue to this letterbox. The box was placed in Clark Reservation, a favorite park of SWM.

1. On May 31, 1961, this country, following a whites-only referendum, became a republic:
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
      7      19                         9                                                       
2. This popular sitcom premiered its pilot episode in 1990:
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
8                 4                  
3. This battle, also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks, began on May 31st 1862. It was the largest battle in Eastern Theater up to that time and eventually lead to the Seven Days Battles: BATTLE OF
__ __ __ __ __   __ __ __ __ __
         11            10              
4. After a run of 15,007,003 vehicles, the last model of this car rolled off the assembly line on May 31, 1927: __ __ __ __ MODEL __
                                   12             1
5. What pipeline system was completed on May 31, 1977 (SWM exact birthday!), beginning in Prudhoe Bay and ending in Valdez:
__ __ __ __ __ -  __ __ __ __ __ __
              6               15
6. John Harvey Kellogg patented this cereal on May 31, 1884:
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
         17                3  16     
7. In 1997, Canada’s Confederation Bridge opened, connecting this island to New Brunswick: __ __ __ __ __ __     __ __ __ __ __ __ ISLAND
         14                   5
8. On May 31, 1889 this town of Pennsylvania suffered a fatal flood, killing 2200 people, after a major dam broke: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
                           2       13                   18                    

Plug in below the letter that corresponds with each number. Once you do this, you will see a new letter that will be used for that letter in the clue below.

1= ___ = A 5= ___ = E   9= ___ = K 13= ___ = P 17= ___ = V
2= ___ = B 6= ___ = F  10= ___ = L 14= ___ = Q 18= ___ = Y
3= ___ = C 7= ___ = H 11= ___ = M 15= ___ = R 19= ___ = Z
4= ___ = D 8= ___ = I  12= ___ = N 16= ___ = S
The following are not in the clue but may be needed: G=G, Y=L, M=O, B=T, Z=U, Q=W, X=X

Clue:
TLLSRE TB BOE HTLC TDF HTLC SD BOE PMB,
GLTJ T HTLC VTH – WMZ QSPP LEGLEB SB DMB.
HLMAEEF HTKB BOE JTBOLMMVK TDF BTCE T PENB,
ALMKK BOE JLSFGE JZB FM DMB LEKB.

BOE BLTSP QSPP KHPSB 2 BSVEK TGTSD,
AMDBSDZE KBLTSGOB ZDBSP WMZ NSDF BOE EDF.

NMPPMQ BOE FEEL, BM BOE PENB,
GM FMQD BQM OSPPK, BOED AMZDB WMZL KBEHK.
BOSLBW SK BOE VTGSA DRVJEL,
JZB QOELE BM PMMC, WMZ VTW QMDFEL.

BM BOE LSGOB BOELE SK T BLEE,
SB KBTLBK MNN MDE TDF GLMQK BM BOLEE TDF BOLEE.
BOE JSLBOFTW VTVVMBO LEKBK IZSEBPW OELE,
SB NTAEK BOE LTRSDE, KM HPETKE JEQTLE!