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Three Amigos
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
All three quotations use the same cipher.
JUTQT DL I JUDY NDYT JUIJ LTGIQIJTL NIFOUJTQ IYC GIDY, SKETCH IYC JQIOTCH, UFEKQ IYC UFQJ. IYC UKA CK HKF BYKA NIFOUJTQ DM JUTQT DL YK GIDY JK SKEGIQT DJ ADJU?
- TQEI RKERTSB
DEIODYIJDKY AIL ODXTY JK EIY JK SKEGTYLIJT UDE MKQ AUIJ UT DL YKJ; I LTYLT KM UFEKQ JK SKYLKNT UDE MKQ AUIJ UT DL.
- MQIYSDL RISKY
JUT KYNH QFNTL SKETCH SIY JKNTQIJT IQT JUKLT KM JILJT, IYC JUT KYNH NDEDJIJDKYL JUKLT KM NDRTN.
- PIETL JUFQRTQ
JUTQT DL I JUDY NDYT JUIJ LTGIQIJTL NIFOUJTQ IYC GIDY, SKETCH IYC JQIOTCH, UFEKQ IYC UFQJ. IYC UKA CK HKF BYKA NIFOUJTQ DM JUTQT DL YK GIDY JK SKEGIQT DJ ADJU?
- TQEI RKERTSB
DEIODYIJDKY AIL ODXTY JK EIY JK SKEGTYLIJT UDE MKQ AUIJ UT DL YKJ; I LTYLT KM UFEKQ JK SKYLKNT UDE MKQ AUIJ UT DL.
- MQIYSDL RISKY
JUT KYNH QFNTL SKETCH SIY JKNTQIJT IQT JUKLT KM JILJT, IYC JUT KYNH NDEDJIJDKYL JUKLT KM NDRTN.
- PIETL JUFQRTQ
Hint
K represents OAnswer
A - WB - K
C - D
D - I
E - M
F - U
G - P
H - Y
I - A
J - T
K - O
L - S
M - F
N - L
O - G
P - J
Q - R
R - B
S - C
T - E
U - H
X - V
Y - N
(There is no V, W, or Z in the encoding.)
There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. And how do you know laughter if there is no pain to compare it with?
- Erma Bombeck
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
- Francis Bacon
The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.
- James Thurber
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