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Presidential Wisdom I
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 encoded quotes from the first five presidents of the United States. Your task is to first decode them, and then correctly assign them to the presidents who spoke them.
1) "K NCGKCTC JLCOC MOC FSOC KDIJMDBCI SX JLC MNOKVZCFCDJ SX JLC XOCCVSF SX JLC ACSAGC NW ZOMVYMG MDV IKGCDJ CDBOSMBLFCDJI SX JLSIC KD ASRCO JLMD NW TKSGCDJ MDV IYVVCD YIYOAMJKSDI."
2) "ASRCO MGRMWI JLKDHI KJ LMI M ZOCMJ ISYG MDV TMIJ TKCRI NCWSDV JLC BSFAOCLCDIKSD SX JLC RCMH."
3) "KJ KI SDGW RLCD JLC ACSAGC NCBSFC KZDSOMDJ MDV BSOOYAJ, RLCD JLCW VCZCDCOMJC KDJS M ASAYGMBC, JLMJ JLCW MOC KDBMAMNGC SX CECOBKIKDZ JLCKO ISTCOCKZDJW."
4) "JLMJ ZSTCODFCDJ KI NCIJ RLKBL ZSTCODI JLC GCMIJ, NCBMYIC KJI ACSAGC VKIBKAGKDC JLCFICGTCI."
5) "ZSTCODFCDJ KI DSJ OCMISD; KJ KI DSJ CGSPYCDBC; KJ KI XSOBC! GKHC XKOC, KJ KI M VMDZCOSYI ICOTMDJ MDV M XCMOXYG FMIJCO."
1) "K NCGKCTC JLCOC MOC FSOC KDIJMDBCI SX JLC MNOKVZCFCDJ SX JLC XOCCVSF SX JLC ACSAGC NW ZOMVYMG MDV IKGCDJ CDBOSMBLFCDJI SX JLSIC KD ASRCO JLMD NW TKSGCDJ MDV IYVVCD YIYOAMJKSDI."
2) "ASRCO MGRMWI JLKDHI KJ LMI M ZOCMJ ISYG MDV TMIJ TKCRI NCWSDV JLC BSFAOCLCDIKSD SX JLC RCMH."
3) "KJ KI SDGW RLCD JLC ACSAGC NCBSFC KZDSOMDJ MDV BSOOYAJ, RLCD JLCW VCZCDCOMJC KDJS M ASAYGMBC, JLMJ JLCW MOC KDBMAMNGC SX CECOBKIKDZ JLCKO ISTCOCKZDJW."
4) "JLMJ ZSTCODFCDJ KI NCIJ RLKBL ZSTCODI JLC GCMIJ, NCBMYIC KJI ACSAGC VKIBKAGKDC JLCFICGTCI."
5) "ZSTCODFCDJ KI DSJ OCMISD; KJ KI DSJ CGSPYCDBC; KJ KI XSOBC! GKHC XKOC, KJ KI M VMDZCOSYI ICOTMDJ MDV M XCMOXYG FMIJCO."
Hint
Vowel encoding is as follows:A=M
E=C
I=K
O=S
U=Y
Answer
The solutions are given in the order in which each president served, followed by the president's name and term in office. The answer key is below.5) "Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." - George Washington 1789 -- 1797
2) "Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak." - John Adams 1797 -- 1801
4)"That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves." - Thomas Jefferson 1801 -- 1809
1) "I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison 1809 -- 1817
3) "It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty." - James Monroe 1817 -- 1825
A=M . . N=D
B=N . . O=S
C=B . . P=A
D=V . . Q=P
E=C . . R=O
F=X . . S=I
G=Z . . T=J
H=L . . U=Y
I=K . . V=T
J=U . . W=R
K=H . . X=E
L=G . . Y=W
M=F . . Z=Q
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Comments
Why isn't Bush jnr in here?
These are only the first five presidents. I'm working on a series in groups of five, to include a quote from each president that's served.
This was just way way too long. I didn't even try it.
it was fun but it was alot harder than i ever expected it to be i stopped half way through.
Very hard when you're not American!
Nice puzzle. I finished it in about 10 minutes, but couldn't guess any of the presidents. I think the last one should be by president Yoda though.
Figures that these guys were the framers though because they are too wise and deep to be modern presidents.
Figures that these guys were the framers though because they are too wise and deep to be modern presidents.
Wow! Someone at least seems to have liked it! I find longer cryptograms easier as there are more words to prove or disprove a suspected letter pattern. I think matching the quote with the president is going to be rather difficult on a majority of these teasers, as most of the quotes are rather obscure. The primary purpose of the teaser was intended to be the decryption. The president association is secondary.
the longer the puzzle, the easier it is. I find that 1 and 2 letter words and clues with 's at the end are helpful starts. puzzles with atypical words or proper nouns can be more difficult.
Maybe I'll make my own sometime and put it up here. I'm kinda shy though.
Maybe I'll make my own sometime and put it up here. I'm kinda shy though.
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