Brain Teasers
Groaners III
Cryptography
In Cryptography teasers, a phrase or expressions has been encoded in some way (frequently by replacing letters with other letters). You need to figure out the encoding method and then decode the message to find the answer.Cryptography
The following puzzles are quips from anonymous authors. Can you decode them?
Both puzzles use the same code.
X=T
"XFW GUBZGWQXBU QJPW XB XFW YBBXFAVVZ LWVAWTAIC FW'S YAIS ZBPW CBVS, LRX IBXFAIC GJIIWS BRX."
"YRVVD JIAPJXWS YAVP JLBRX YAIJIQAJVVD ZRGGBUXAIC J ZRLPJUAIW QJGXJAI:
'YRISAIC IWPB.'"
Both puzzles use the same code.
X=T
"XFW GUBZGWQXBU QJPW XB XFW YBBXFAVVZ LWVAWTAIC FW'S YAIS ZBPW CBVS, LRX IBXFAIC GJIIWS BRX."
"YRVVD JIAPJXWS YAVP JLBRX YAIJIQAJVVD ZRGGBUXAIC J ZRLPJUAIW QJGXJAI:
'YRISAIC IWPB.'"
Hint
G=PQ=C
R=U
Answer
"THE PROSPECTOR CAME TO THE FOOTHILLS BELIEVING HE'D FIND SOME GOLD, BUT NOTHING PANNED OUT.""FULLY ANIMATED FILM ABOUT FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING A SUBMARINE CAPTAIN:
'FUNDING NEMO.'"
KEY:
A=I
B=O
C=G
D=Y
F=H
G=P
I=N
J=A
L=B
P=M
Q=C
R=U
S=D
T=V
U=R
V=L
W=E
X=T
Y=F
Z=S
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