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For Your Consideration IV
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.
L=E
"BN X PQC RUHJM JKXGBWPM UN VQPM VQWWC UK GBHL L. TUCUOL, B MQSSUML RL'M TXKKCBWP X OUUW."
"BN X VXMLVXHHLK BM BW ORL ZBJJHL UN X ZUV MTLWL, TUQHJ CUQ MXC RL'M X TXOTRLK BW ORL KBUO?"
Both puzzles use the same code.
L=E
"BN X PQC RUHJM JKXGBWPM UN VQPM VQWWC UK GBHL L. TUCUOL, B MQSSUML RL'M TXKKCBWP X OUUW."
"BN X VXMLVXHHLK BM BW ORL ZBJJHL UN X ZUV MTLWL, TUQHJ CUQ MXC RL'M X TXOTRLK BW ORL KBUO?"
Hint
C=YP=G
Q=U
Answer
"IF A GUY HOLDS DRAWINGS OF BUGS BUNNY OR WILE E. COYOTE, I SUPPOSE HE'S CARRYING A TOON.""IF A BASEBALLER IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A MOB SCENE, COULD YOU SAY HE'S A CATCHER IN THE RIOT?"
KEY:
A=X
B=I
C=Y
G=W
H=L
J=D
K=R
L=E
M=S
N=F
O=T
P=G
Q=U
R=H
S=P
T=C
U=O
V=B
W=N
X=A
Z=M
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