My Turn: The Cryptogram Game

I'll start with an easy one. Don't post your answers until later, so other people will get a chance to solve it. I'll check back to let you know when to post the solution. Happy deciphering!

KI JDQMSMWQ MW K SKI PYJ WQKUQW K NUJWWPJUG DAXXVC PMQY K DCI.

For those who don't know how to do a cryptogram, it is very easy. Find the original quote or phrase by deciphering the puzzle. Each letter represents a letter from the orignal quote or phrase. For example, every 'c' in the actual quote may appear as a 'g' above. Which means g=c throughout the puzzle. Once you decode it, you will have the quote or phrase.

Well, I guess you can post your answers now. If you're interested, that is.

Yay, Bob! You got it correct.

Well, now it's time for round two.

YVWYXTYBHY TJ DGY GLXSYJD ITBS QO DYLHGYX. TD ZTEYJ UQF DGY DYJD OTXJD LBS DGY MYJJQB LODYXNLXS.

Okay, Bob! I see I'm not the only lover of cryptograms. This one is a little harder (of course not for you Bob), but for others hopefully.

QF QG TR FSV CBBKDVGG BU CBK FSNF QD BEI HBEDFIR ZV SNYV FSBGV FSIVV EDGJVNONTMR JIVHQBEG FSQDCG: UIVVKBX BU GJVVHS, UIVVKBX BU HBDGHQVDHV, NDK FSV JIEKVDHV DVYVI FB JINHFQHV VQFSVI. --XNIO FZNQD

QF QG TR FSV CBBKDVGG BU CBK FSNF QD BEI HBEDFIR ZV SNYV FSBGV FSIVV EDGJVNONTMR JIVHQBEG FSQDCG: UIVVKBX BU GJVVHS, UIVVKBX BU HBDGHQVDHV, NDK FSV JIEKVDHV DVYVI FB JINHFQHV VQFSVI. --XNIO FZNQD

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of consciousness and the prudence never to practice either.

Mark Twain.

PS: I beat you Bob!

Yay, HansRik! Competition! I love it!!!!

ISBBQ IVF TNYOQ-OHIXQHF N QIWH QB QOH BMHV XBIF, OHITQOP, SXHH, QOH GBXTF CHSBXH EH, QOH TBVY CXBGV MIQO CHSBXH EH THIFNVY GOHXHRHX N UOBBAH.

Well, the score is Bob 2, Hansrik 1...anybody else?

3 point bonus: Who said it and what is it from?

ISBBQ IVF TNYOQ-OHIXQHF N QIWH QB QOH BMHV XBIF, OHITQOP, SXHH, QOH GBXTF CHSBXH EH, QOH TBVY CXBGV MIQO CHSBXH EH THIFNVY GOHXHRHX N UOBBAH.

Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.

Walt Whitman, from "Leaves of Grass" (The poem, I do not remember)

The poem is "Songs of the Open Road", so I can only give you 2 points for the bonus.

Which brings the score Hansrik 4, Bob 2, Everybody else 0.

K TSKER XSDC YSRTCE DX AFRR KV AFR XKSEA ENRRA EQRRZ DX VKWFA. NFRV AFR NKVYE TSR GSRTAFKVW QDN, TVY AFR EATSE TSR EFKVKVW GSKWFA: K TSKER XSDC YSRTCE DX AFRR. FTAF QRY CR--NFD MVDNE FDN? AD AFI JFTCGRS NKVYDN, ENRRA!

This one is worth 2 points.

3 point Bonus: Author? Poem?

Alignment doesn't matter Bob, but I can only give you 2 points for the bonus because The poem title is "The Indian Serenade"

So the score is now Bob 6, Hansrik 4, Everybody else 0

O ATKOHHQ DQPDONTYP ZQHCOJQD O HQUONTYPDFTZ YE ZHQNQPDQ. PY NHGNF DQQXD NHGQ. O DTXZUQ XYHPTPV'D VHQQNTPV OPJ HQDZYPDQ OZZQOH UYOJQJ BTNF TPPGQPJY OPJ EHOGVFN BTNF TXZUTMONTYPD. QOMF PTMQNW AQMYXQD XYHQ DNQHTUQ OPJ QOMF BTNFJHOBOU XYHQ ZQHXOPQPN.

This one is worth 4 points.

1 point Bonus: Who said it?

Okay Bob And Hansrik (or whoever else), This one is for the win.

The score is Bob 11, Hansrik 4

This is 1 quote, but Each Line has a different Deciphering code. For example line 1 a may equal z, but in line 2 a may equal f, so on so forth

PNX WFUX PNFE GFCP LGRLVDX, PNX WFUX PNT IXXP ABPILYYC QBYY WXXP. (line1)
GDL CKGD GDKG ULKJLGD QP MX UMFDGLJ RE QPL YMZL- GDL UMFDG QY JKZMPF (line 2)
DZUCHCW HC YTL TLJUY. YTL GNUL NCL MJULR, YTL GNUL TL RTJEE NDYJHC.(line 3)
LBZ AEIZ BZ UZQIX, LBZ AEIZ LBQL KRNBL XBQKK VQKZ line4
IBA ZTIZ IYJBK NIB QEMAK.(line 5)

It is worth 10 points.

5 point Bonus: Who said it?

And we have our winner, ladies and gentlemen. The cryptogram champion, BOB SHANK!!!!! WOOO-HOO!!!

Final Score: Bob 26, Hansrik 4, Everybody else 0

Thanks for playing! Hope you enjoyed yourselves. Hansrik maybe you'll beat Bob in a rematch.

Wait, I could not possibly participate in this, because I was sleeping. Have you ever considered time zones? Oh well, I will be a good loser then.

Or... I can demand a rematch, but let us wait till July for that. Then, I wil be able to fight better. Now, duty calls me.

Jackson, tsk tsk, shame on you. You wanted Bob and I to fight over some cryptograms... Shame, shame... Haha.

I'm sorry! I'm a lover of the game, and when I saw to willing participants, I thought: WAR! WAR! WAR! (lol)

(Actually Hansrik, time did occur to me, but it was about an hour after I declared Bob the winner. So for fairness, how about this: Since Bob was doing it for fun, and you had a disadvantage of time, this match will be considered trial and error.

So the real battle will begin in July. We should get our times straight, so their will be no confusion.

@ this moment it is 9:49 a.m. central time here in Mississippi.

What are your time zones?

Oh and Bob, about the last one, I had never done that type before until I start doing cryptograms @ all-star puzzles. I find them to be a little more interesting.

Do not worry. I am studying the human nature at the moment, and Realists would understand your competitive motivation. I am currently GMT, but will be GMT-6 (Mexican Central Time) in July. It is 1558 here, in England.

I will not be on here a lot during the next two months, due to more pressing issues of scholastic nature. I am sure many will enjoy that as well. Till later, then.

This is entertaining...simply because i am at a loss of how you all can do this. Haha.

Keep it up!

//Ari\\