Brain Teasers
For Your Consideration VI
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.
M=C
"WY T MLDDSVS OSTMASE GSES JFWDDSK TO XLVT, AS'K UELITIDX IS FHLGH TJ OAS FHLOOX UELYSJJLE."
"BX AZJITHK THK W ILOA QZJO ATK AWU JZEVSEX, ZJWHV OAS JUTES BLHSX WH LZE QLWHO TMMLZHO."
Both puzzles use the same code.
M=C
"WY T MLDDSVS OSTMASE GSES JFWDDSK TO XLVT, AS'K UELITIDX IS FHLGH TJ OAS FHLOOX UELYSJJLE."
"BX AZJITHK THK W ILOA QZJO ATK AWU JZEVSEX, ZJWHV OAS JUTES BLHSX WH LZE QLWHO TMMLZHO."
Hint
F=KQ=J
U=P
Answer
"IF A COLLEGE TEACHER WERE SKILLED AT YOGA, HE'D PROBABLY BE KNOWN AS THE KNOTTY PROFESSOR.""MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH JUST HAD HIP SURGERY, USING THE SPARE MONEY IN OUR JOINT ACCOUNT."
KEY:
A=H
B=M
D=L
E=R
F=K
G=W
H=N
I=B
J=S
K=D
L=O
M=C
O=T
Q=J
S=E
T=A
U=P
V=G
W=I
X=Y
Y=F
Z=U
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