Brain Teasers
Gustav Mahler Quotes
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
Here are some quotes from one of the most famous composers, Gustav Mahler.
Some letters are represented by a combination of a number and a letter (e.g. B=2P)
(The hint provides a consonant and a vowel)
4NV Z 2E4K2I4L4KX2C2V 2E4K2MSC XZ2N 2XNZ2B N2C NZC 2B4K XZ2N 4N2O 2X4K2VCX N2C 2X4K2MSC 2O4K2B 2P4K2BN2C2V 2B2V2N4N2OB 2B4K XZ2N 4N2B 4N2O 2I2MX4N2E.
Z X2N2I4LN4K2O2N 2I2MX2B 2P2C S4NA2C 2BN2C 2X4K2VSC. 4N2B 2I2MX2B 2E4K2O2BZ4N2O 2C2R2C2V2N2BN4N2OB.
C4K2O2B 2P4K2BN2C2V S4K4KA4N2OB Z2B 2BN2C 2R4N2C2X - 4N NZ2R2C ZS2V2CZC2N 2E4K2I4L4KX2CC 4N2B
Some letters are represented by a combination of a number and a letter (e.g. B=2P)
(The hint provides a consonant and a vowel)
4NV Z 2E4K2I4L4KX2C2V 2E4K2MSC XZ2N 2XNZ2B N2C NZC 2B4K XZ2N 4N2O 2X4K2VCX N2C 2X4K2MSC 2O4K2B 2P4K2BN2C2V 2B2V2N4N2OB 2B4K XZ2N 4N2B 4N2O 2I2MX4N2E.
Z X2N2I4LN4K2O2N 2I2MX2B 2P2C S4NA2C 2BN2C 2X4K2VSC. 4N2B 2I2MX2B 2E4K2O2BZ4N2O 2C2R2C2V2N2BN4N2OB.
C4K2O2B 2P4K2BN2C2V S4K4KA4N2OB Z2B 2BN2C 2R4N2C2X - 4N NZ2R2C ZS2V2CZC2N 2E4K2I4L4KX2CC 4N2B
Hint
B=2PU=2M
Answer
If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything.
Don't bother looking at the view - I have already composed it.
A=Z
B=2P
C=2E
D=C
E=2C
F=V
G=B
H=N
I=4N
J=M
K=A
L=S
M=2I
N=2O
O=4K
P=4L
Q=2Z
R=2V
S=X
T=2B
U=2M
V=2R
W=2X
X=2W
Y=2N
Z=4Q
Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
What Next?
View a Similar Brain Teaser...
If you become a registered user you can vote on this brain teaser, keep track of which ones you have seen, and even make your own.
Follow Braingle!