Below are four amazing news which have been translated through simple alphabet codes. Letter substitution remains constant throughout any one cipher, but changes from one cipher to another. An asterisk (*) indicates a proper noun.

1) VO IXW TVNPI *IFNDFO ZKGVW, FQQ KT IXW  ZKOJWLP BWNW YQFLWH AL
TKKIAFQQ YQFLWNP TNKZ IXW *OWB *KNQWFOP *FIXQWIVS *SQCA.

2) UWPABP HPBNYCBKM *PYJDGPC *AYQDWTN *KYIWK YN MDB KYKMD JWTNYK
WU *QBXG *Y, MDB BIYQBC XYKL WU *GQEGKYG.

3) AEK VLZYA JLIILTO-YKIILOP YLOPIK LO *UELOH DHY "YLOP HITOP DLAE
*JHT," VKHANZLOP KGAZHUAY VZTJ AEK BZKJLKZ´Y XNTAHALTOY.

4) WCGWGPMIOD´OYCD YCO DG ZXCMOP XFPOC ELMWH, DWYIR DHMF ELYE ELOR
WYF LOYC GFIR AMEL ELOMC JGXELD GBOF.

Break these 4 codes.

Bonus point: Spot the true and the false news.

These are amazing:

1) In the first Tarzan movie, all of the monkeys were played by football players from the New Orleans Athletic Club. (This is partly true; they didn't play all of the monkeys.)

2) Former President Richard Milhous Nixon is the ninth cousin of Leka I, the exiled king of Albania. (True!)

3) The first million-selling single in China was "Sing Along With Mao," featuring extracts from the premier's quotations. (True! It was released in 1967, and at that time China apparently didn't even have a million record players.)

4) Crocodiles' ears are so buried under thick, scaly skin that they can hear only with their mouths open. (False. Apparently, crocodiles hear very well. The reason they are often seen lying on river banks with their mouths open is to keep warm, as they are cold-blooded.)

Great puzzle, that was a lot of fun!

Posted by Jyqm on 2006-01-07 14:14:42