Geocaching Quiz: What Type of Geocacher are You?
Do you love the woods or are you more of a city geocacher? Do you live for meeting new people at geocaching events or do you prefer a quiet evening deciphering a puzzle? Take this quiz to determine your geocacher type, then get personalized tips and tricks for your ultimate geocaching experience. Caution: This quiz involves some math.
1. What is your favorite geocaching snack?
A. Energy bars B. Sampling the local cuisine C. [Root] Beer D. Wheaties – the breakfast of champions E. Brain food
2. What inspires your geocaching happy dance?
A. A day out in the wilderness B. Visiting new and exotic locales C. Meeting other geocachers D. FTF! E. Solving a D5 puzzle geocache
3. Which photo is most likely to be found in your gallery?
A. Scenic views from a mountain peak B. The Pyramids of Giza C. You, surrounded by all your geocaching friends D. You grabbing the FTF E. A particularly tricky geocaching container
4. What geocaching tools can you not live without?
A. Pocket Queries and Offline Lists B. Caches Along a Route C. The Geocaching Event Calendar D. Your Statistics E. GeoChecker
5. If you were a fictional character, who would you be?
A. The Lorax B. Captain Kirk C. Iron Man D. Hermione Granger E. Miss Marple
Now add up your answers for points: A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4, E=5
To learn what type of geocacher you are, reference your point total below:
5 – 8 The Nature Lover
9 – 13 The Traveler
14 – 17 The Social Butterfly
18 – 21 The Stats Geek
22 – 25 The Puzzler
Finished? Learn about the five types of geocachers below!
Quiz Results: The Nature Lover
You were voted “most likely to see Bigfoot” in your high school yearbook. You live for the days you can get out on the trail and leave civilization behind. Trail mix and energy bars are your go-to snacks. You are happier spending all day hiking for just one (preferably T5) geocache than you would be finding 100.
You’ll love this geocache: Apollos Pool with the Million Dollar View (GC13VNK)
Your ultimate geocaching tools:
- Heading
out for a day of hiking? Be prepared! Create a Pocket
Query to find all the geocaches on the trail in advance. You can
then download up to 1000 geocaches to your GPS, or they will automatically
appear in the Geocaching App when they are ready for download.
- Using the Geocaching App? Make sure to save your geocaches in advance so that you can access them when you are out of cell range. To do so, create an Offline List in the Geocaching App for Android or iPhone.
Quick Tips for the Great Outdoors:
- The
woods are great, but making it home is nice too. Check out these 7
Safety Tips to Keep You Healthy, Happy, and Cool as a Cucumber out on the
Geocaching Trail.
- Hide
and find geocaches in a way that makes Mother Nature proud with this environmentally-friendly
advice.
Do you have additional tips and tricks for your fellow Nature Lovers? Tell us about them in the comments below. Don’t think this geocacher type fits you? Try taking the quiz again!
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Quiz Results: The Traveler
You are your own Travel Bug. Your Profile page is plastered
with photos of you exploring the 7 Wonders of the World. Who needs a guidebook
when you have geocaching to show you all the locals’ favorite spots?
You’ll love this geocache: Thingvellir Kastalar (GC3168K)
Your ultimate geocaching tools:
- Caches Along a Route is
your geocaching trip planner! Tell us your destination and your route and
Geocaching.com will tell you which geocaches are along the way.
- Be
inspired to explore new places with Geocaching
Souvenirs – gotta collect ‘em all! See the full list of your
collected Souvenirs in your Profile.
- GeoTours take you to faraway (or sometimes not so faraway) places, and then guide you on custom tours of these destinations.
Quick Tip for Traveling and Geocaching: Many GeoTours have passports that you can complete by finding all of the geocaches in that tour. Super secret hint: Completed passports can often be redeemed for awesome prizes. Make sure to print out the passport before you hit the trail. (You can usually find downloadable versions on the individual GeoTour’s website.)
Do you have additional tips and tricks for your fellow
Travelers? Tell us about them in the comments below. Don’t think this geocacher
type fits you? Try taking the quiz again!
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Quiz Results: The Social Butterfly
You are all about the geocaching community and Event Caches are totally your thing. You love meeting all of your fellow geocachers and have a knack for helping newbies fall in love with the game.
You’ll love this geocache: 2014 Geocaching Block Party GC4CPG0
Your ultimate geocaching tools:
- Use
the Geocaching Event Calendar to
find all of the geocaching events scheduled around the world by date.
- Sign up for the Weekly Newsletter to receive a weekly list of the 10 most recently published Event Caches in your area.
Quick Tip for Social Butterflies: There are more than 1000 Geocaching Space Events happening around the world this week. Don’t miss out!
Do you have additional tips and tricks for your fellow Social Butterflies? Tell us about them in the comments below. Don’t think this geocacher type fits you? Try taking the quiz again!
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Quiz Results: The Stats Geek
Let’s be real. It is all about the numbers. You live for racking up those smileys. Finding 10 billion geocaches in just one day? Finding a geocache 365 days in a row? You say, bring it on.
You’ll love this geocaching experience: ET Highway Power Trail
Your ultimate geocaching tools:
- Smileys
are just the tip of the iceberg. Track your D/T ratings, home location
stats, geocache types found, and more on Your Statistics Page.
- Looking for even more crazy numbers to show off? Run your stats on GSAK and upload the information to your Geocaching.com Profile.
Quick Tip for the Statistician: Did you know Milestones can be edited and locked? From your Account Details page, find the “Statistics” box on the right hand side of the page. Click “Change” in the Statistics box. From here, you can edit and then lock each of your Milestones. Additional changes to your finds (by cache owners) will no longer affect your Milestones.
Do you have additional tips and tricks for your fellow Stats
Geeks? Tell us about them in the comments below. Don’t think this geocacher
type fits you? Try taking the quiz again!
Quiz Results: The Puzzler
Using your brain is the name of the game. You enjoy creative geocache hides that put your mind to the test…and so you laugh in the face of D5 geocaches.
You’ll love this geocache: QuadLockLog (GC330KJ)
Your ultimate geocaching tools:
- Don’t
head out on the trail until you know you are on the right path. Use GeoChecker to double check that
the coordinates you have puzzled out are correct.
- Try
creating a Pocket
Query for Difficulty 5 geocaches. These geocaches are sure to
make you furrow your brow.
Quick Tip for the Brainy Geocaches: Absolutely stumped? Try viewing the page source on the geocache details page, or look for white text. You may just find the clues you need…
Do you have additional tips and tricks for your fellow Puzzlers? Tell us about them in the comments below. Don’t think this geocacher type fits you? Try taking the quiz again!
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References:
Geocaching Quiz: What Type of Geocacher are You? (Oct 31, 2013) (Oct 31, 2013)Quiz Results: The Traveler (Oct 31, 2013)
Quiz Results: The Social Butterfly (Oct 31, 2013)
Quiz Results: The Stats Geek (Oct 31, 2013)
Quiz Results: The Puzzler (Oct 31, 2013)