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Don't Pull Jack's Leg!
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 quotations all have a common theme. Can you decipher them?
JACKLEG MUGL, ONE WE FAKLC'E LKKY EA MUG KCANRJ EA LNWE LAYK MKAMQK. - XWC JNOOUBF
EJK OKLE YKULNBK AS U YUC'L JACKLEG WLC'E JWL WCPAYK EUH BKENBC. WE'L EJK TKBA UFVNLE AC JWL OUEJBAAY LPUQK. - UBEJNB P. PQUBXK
EJKBK UBK ACQG EDA DUGL AS EKQQWCR EJK PAYMQKEK EBNEJ - UCACGYANLQG UCF MALEJNYANLQG. - EJAYUL LADKQQ
DJKC LAYKEJWCR EJUE JACKLE WL LUWF WE NLNUQQG CKKFL U SKD YWCNEKL AS LWQKCPK EA FWLLWMUEK. - MUYKQU BWOAC
WS EJK EBNEJ FAKLC'E LUIK NL, DJUE FAKL EJUE LUG UOANE NL? - QAWL YPYULEKB ONVAQF
JACKLEG MUGL, ONE WE FAKLC'E LKKY EA MUG KCANRJ EA LNWE LAYK MKAMQK. - XWC JNOOUBF
EJK OKLE YKULNBK AS U YUC'L JACKLEG WLC'E JWL WCPAYK EUH BKENBC. WE'L EJK TKBA UFVNLE AC JWL OUEJBAAY LPUQK. - UBEJNB P. PQUBXK
EJKBK UBK ACQG EDA DUGL AS EKQQWCR EJK PAYMQKEK EBNEJ - UCACGYANLQG UCF MALEJNYANLQG. - EJAYUL LADKQQ
DJKC LAYKEJWCR EJUE JACKLE WL LUWF WE NLNUQQG CKKFL U SKD YWCNEKL AS LWQKCPK EA FWLLWMUEK. - MUYKQU BWOAC
WS EJK EBNEJ FAKLC'E LUIK NL, DJUE FAKL EJUE LUG UOANE NL? - QAWL YPYULEKB ONVAQF
Answer
The theme is HONESTY.A = O
B = R
C = N
D = W
E = T
F = D
G = Y
H = X
I = V
J = H
K = E
L = S
M = P
N = U
O = B
P = C
Q = L
R = G
S = F
T = Z
U = A
V = J
W = I
X = K
Y = M
Z = Q (not used)
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people. - Kin Hubbard
The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale. - Arthur C. Clarke
There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously. - Thomas Sowell
When something that honest is said it usually needs a few minutes of silence to dissipate. - Pamela Ribon
If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us? - Lois McMaster Bujold
JACKLEG is an adjective that describes someone who is unscrupulous or without the accepted standards of one's profession, such as a jackleg lawyer.
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Yay first one tah comment!!!!! Awesome teaser it just needs a hint coz I was never gona gt that one right
I commend you but your codes weren't true to type. What I mean is this; how can an alphabet have two representations? For example, in the answer guide you provided, (N=U and U=A), (R=G and B=R). This makes the whole thing ambiguous. All the letters should be represented by one letter only.
OzHamza, there is no ambiguity. Each letter in the encrypted text maps to only one letter in the decrypted text. This is a standard way to represent the key. The notation is not algebraic. N=U and U=A means N maps to U and U maps to A.
Figured out the key with some assumptions of what words must mean, based upon punctuation (the "one" after the comma, for instance) and comparisons between words to make sure the key was accurate. It kept me busy, to say the least
My dog's name is Jack..., that said, i always go for the THEs first, and all the words with apostrophes.
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