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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
Below are cryptograms in which the solutions are quotes of famous scientists and other smart people. Every letter stands for another letter, and no letter can represent two letters, nor can two letters represent the same letter.
1. KJKVZE-KJKV HVDFVKZ NC ZQV CYJBADVM FNWV
CDNW HVNHBV OQN QYTV ZQV QYIJZ NC WYPJKX
VGFAMVM.
--XVNDXV OYMQJKXZNK FYDTVD
2. KNZQJKX JK BJCV JM ZN IV CVYDVS. JZ JM
NKBE ZN IV AKSVDMZNNS.
--WYDJV FADJV
3. ZQV NBSVMZ, MQNDZVMZ ONDSM - "EVM' YKS
"KN" - YDV ZQNMV OQJFQ DVRAJDV ZQV WNMZ
ZQNAXQZ.
--HEZQYXNDYM
4. WE YSTJFV ZN ENA JM XVZ WYDDJVS: JC ENA
CJKS Y XNNS OJCV ENA'BB IV QYHHE; JC KNZ,
ENA'BB IVFNWV Y HQJBNMNHQVD.
--MNFDYZVM
1. KJKVZE-KJKV HVDFVKZ NC ZQV CYJBADVM FNWV
CDNW HVNHBV OQN QYTV ZQV QYIJZ NC WYPJKX
VGFAMVM.
--XVNDXV OYMQJKXZNK FYDTVD
2. KNZQJKX JK BJCV JM ZN IV CVYDVS. JZ JM
NKBE ZN IV AKSVDMZNNS.
--WYDJV FADJV
3. ZQV NBSVMZ, MQNDZVMZ ONDSM - "EVM' YKS
"KN" - YDV ZQNMV OQJFQ DVRAJDV ZQV WNMZ
ZQNAXQZ.
--HEZQYXNDYM
4. WE YSTJFV ZN ENA JM XVZ WYDDJVS: JC ENA
CJKS Y XNNS OJCV ENA'BB IV QYHHE; JC KNZ,
ENA'BB IVFNWV Y HQJBNMNHQVD.
--MNFDYZVM
Hint
M=S (Wherever you see an 'M', it's actually an 'S')Answer
1. Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.--George Washington Carver
2. Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
--Marie Curie
3. The oldest, shortest words - "yes' and
"no" - are those which require the most
thought.
--Pythagoras
4. My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.
--Socrates (heh heh)
The cipher is as follows: (Actual letter is on top)
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R
Y I F S V C X Q J L P B W K N H R D
S T U V W X Y Z
M Z A T O G E U
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how r u supposed to figure it out when u dont know the code?
You start with the small words and look for "a" or "i" or "is", etc...
WE YSTJFV ZN ENA JM XVZ WYDDJVS: JC ENA
CJKS Y XNNS OJCV ENA'BB IV QYHHE; JC KNZ,
ENA'BB IVFNWV Y HQJBNMNHQVD.
--MNFDYZVM
You can take a guess that Y = A.
Then you fill it in. Then you look for I, then IS, then use the ISA to find more letters. It takes a good amount of trial and error, I'm not the kind of person with the patience to do these puzzles.
WE YSTJFV ZN ENA JM XVZ WYDDJVS: JC ENA
CJKS Y XNNS OJCV ENA'BB IV QYHHE; JC KNZ,
ENA'BB IVFNWV Y HQJBNMNHQVD.
--MNFDYZVM
You can take a guess that Y = A.
Then you fill it in. Then you look for I, then IS, then use the ISA to find more letters. It takes a good amount of trial and error, I'm not the kind of person with the patience to do these puzzles.
used to do this in the classroom when the teacher was boring fun
to hard
i saw all the letters and i was like 4get it.
i saw all the letters and i was like 4get it.
duhhhhh. i didn't even try to figure it out i just went to the answers it sounded almost inpossible to do
to sleepy, didn't solve. good night (unless your reading this at some other time) Good teaser though. Like it.
Good Job! That was a tough one!
Hey I'm smart, why weren't any of my quotes up there? Hard, but gives great satisfaction after solving it. Good job
Tough for me but a good teaser! Very good quotes you chose
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