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For Your Consideration VII
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=E
"GXHZPAX CWX GZFL JMRQ WZA RS HWMFLYXR, M QPXAA CWZC DZJXA WMD GSCW WZMYFXAA ZRL WXMYFXAA."
"MB Z BZYDXY QYXO ZGRSYDZFFI QMZRC UFZRCA, OSPFL ISP AZI WMA QZYLXR WZL GXXR APUXYAXXLXL?"
Both puzzles use the same code.
X=E
"GXHZPAX CWX GZFL JMRQ WZA RS HWMFLYXR, M QPXAA CWZC DZJXA WMD GSCW WZMYFXAA ZRL WXMYFXAA."
"MB Z BZYDXY QYXO ZGRSYDZFFI QMZRC UFZRCA, OSPFL ISP AZI WMA QZYLXR WZL GXXR APUXYAXXLXL?"
Hint
C=TG=B
Q=G
Answer
"BECAUSE THE BALD KING HAS NO CHILDREN, I GUESS THAT MAKES HIM BOTH HAIRLESS AND HEIRLESS.""IF A FARMER GREW ABNORMALLY GIANT PLANTS, WOULD YOU SAY HIS GARDEN HAD BEEN SUPERSEEDED?"
KEY:
A=S
B=F
C=T
D=M
F=L
G=B
H=C
I=Y
J=K
L=D
M=I
O=W
P=U
Q=G
R=N
S=O
U=P
W=H
X=E
Y=R
Z=A
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