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Mary Kay Ash
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 quotes are from the founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, Mary Kay Ash.
Can you decode them?
* The hint contains three vowels.
T=B
"VM KPOO KYGVPGZ BY DQXXMMZ."
"PMGYZEWPSCXPOOE, BFM TQSTOM TMM DFYQOZW'B TM PTOM BY KOE, TQB BFM TQSTOM TMM ZYMDW'B NWYV CB DY CB IYMD YW KOECWI PVPE."
Can you decode them?
* The hint contains three vowels.
T=B
"VM KPOO KYGVPGZ BY DQXXMMZ."
"PMGYZEWPSCXPOOE, BFM TQSTOM TMM DFYQOZW'B TM PTOM BY KOE, TQB BFM TQSTOM TMM ZYMDW'B NWYV CB DY CB IYMD YW KOECWI PVPE."
Hint
M=EP=A
Y=O
Answer
"WE FALL FORWARD TO SUCCEED.""AERODYNAMICALLY, THE BUMBLE BEE SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FLY, BUT THE BUMBLE BEE DOESN'T KNOW IT SO IT GOES ON FLYING AWAY."
KEY:
B=T
C=I
D=S
E=Y
F=H
G=R
I=G
K=F
M=E
N=K
O=L
P=A
Q=U
S=M
T=B
V=W
W=N
X=C
Y=O
Z=D
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