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Brainteaser #2 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 5/2/2013
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Jeg ble oppmuntret til å lese Simon Singhs bok - ”The Code Book” her i høst og ble med det veldig fascinert av koder, kryptering og dekryptering. Siden har jeg lest meg opp på diverse kodesystemer og fattet også interesse for David Kahns bok – ”The Codebreakers”.

All denne nye kunnskapen har inspirert meg til å lage en liten ”Brainteaser”-serie, med varierende vanskelighetsgrad. Jeg anbefaler likevel å løse disse i kronologisk rekkefølge da vanskelighetsgraden vil være økende utover i serien.


Last fall I was encouraged to read Simon Sings book – “The Code Book”. I’ve been fascinated with codes, ciphers and deciphering ever since. Since then I have read about various ciphers and also gotten an interest in David Kahns book – “The Codebreakers”.

All this new knowledge inspired me to make a series of “Brainteasers”. These puzzles will have varying difficulty and I recommend that these puzzles are solved chronologically. The difficulty will increase with every puzzle.




The puzzle

This old polyalphabetic cipher originated in the early 1700’s and was reinvented in 1857 by a French man.


Keyword: GUESSWORK


TGNZLR GMRIH WFOXK AWBMJ ODIGE RNNNO ODSDR KG

CUMZT SXDRC HFOBI WJNRG WFZDS DWTQM OXSB


 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre fgrva. Haqre n ebpx.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)