SIDES DAY 1 CONTEST CIPHERS
Vigenere Code – Key Word
Ym pyi kqw bbgy ckrbwkqutk xf cbiymswbt as r uqcnpv eijzi kjii dlzep xz xyg xgvhleb dm wvxmghp, rpl ioi dcrdymka
wu vyi ewcavfxmgzmvu kdti wtwb alrv.
Upyglu Ijyickch
S WMBX MBQ XSQE XEHQ XTHIBMD
XBRJG XHR SSS
Contest Day 1 Puzzle 1
Substitution
Contest Day 1 Puzzle 2
X S J J L T C B K A E Q, L K Q X B R J G X H R S O X S J J L T
C B K A E Q X S Q E D Q S Y W D H M G D Q B M T D.
RATS x 4 = STAR
Can you Solve
Contest Day 1 Puzzle 3
Codes, keys, ciphers come in
many forms
Puzzle 4
We have prepared a computer program to automate this decoding process. Below, you can
interactively enter a dot grid from a DocuColor page and have it interpreted by our program. If you
don't have a microscope, a magnifying glass should be a practical substitute.
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col parity
64
32
16
8
4
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1
Long after the man in the moon, the moonlight lit the way. The path was not clear and the adversaries were in the house.
Forces aligned and the games were afoot.
The eye chart does not gauge your vision, unless you’re reading it.
Gsv Rmgvimvi xszmtvw sld blf ovzim zylfg blfi xlnkvgrgrlm, zmw sld blfi xlnkvgrgrlm ovzimh zylfg blf.
Monoalphabetic – Atbash
Nrxszvo Hxsivmp
Contest Day 1 Puzzle 5
104,111,119,32,102,97,115,116,32,105,115,32,97,32,110,97,110,111,115,101,99,111,110,
100,44,32,97,32,98,105,108,108,105,111,110,116,104,32,111,102,32,97,32,115,101,99,11
1,110,100,44,32,119,104,105,99,104,32,119,97,115,32,116,104,101,32,115,112,101,101,1
00,32,111,102,32,116,104,101,105,114,32,110,101,119,32,99,111,109,112,117,116,101,11
4,32,99,105,114,99,117,105,116,115,46,32,65,115,32,97,110,32,105,108,108,117,115,116,
114,97,116,105,111,110,32,115,104,101,32,115,101,116,116,108,101,100,32,111,110,32,1
16,104,101,32,108,101,110,103,116,104,32,111,102,32,119,105,114,101,32,116,104,97,11
6,32,105,115,32,97,115,32,108,111,110,103,32,97,115,32,108,105,103,104,116,32,99,97,1
10,32,116,114,97,118,101,108,32,105,110,32,111,110,101,32,110,97,110,111,115,101,99,
111,110,100,46,32,84,104,101,32,108,101,110,103,116,104,32,105,115,32,97,32,118,101,
114,121,32,112,111,114,116,97,98,108,101,32,49,49,46,56,32,105,110,99,104,101,115,46,
32
Numbers are often not what they
seem, nor the format you may
assume. Hop to it in less than a
miliscond
Contest Day 1 Puzzle 6