Code of the Week!

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For your chance to win your very own signed copy of Simon Singh's Code Book try out your codebreaking skills with the "Code of the Week".

Solution for the "Code of the Week!" week starting 19th November 2007

Week 1 "A Simple choice"

Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right, and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Caesar Shift = 18

Caesar Shift Cipher 

‘A Simple Choice’

Ciphertext: 

JWEWETWJ, AX LZW LAEW KZGMDV UGEW OZWF QGM ZSNW LG ESCW S UZGAUW TWLOWWF OZSL AK JAYZL, SFV OZSL AK WSKQ, JWEWETWJ OZSL ZSHHWFWV LG S TGQ OZG OSK YGGV, SFV CAFV, SFV TJSNW, TWUSMKW ZW KLJSQWV SUJGKK LZW HSLZ GX DGJV NGDVWEGJL. ZSJJQ HGLLWJ SFV LZW YGTDWL GX XAJW 

Code of the Week 1 (week starting 19th November 2007) 

Caesar Shift Cipher 

The Caesar Shift Cipher is a simple substitution cipher where each letter of the alphabet is replaced by a letter further along in the alphabet. For further information on the Caesar Shift Cipher and strategies to help you crack it click here.

There are only 25 possible shifts that can be used. To help you crack this Caeser Shift Cipher you may wish to make your own Caesar Wheel.

Good Luck! 

"A Simple Choice"

Ciphertext: 

JWEWETWJ, AX LZW LAEW KZGMDV UGEW OZWF QGM ZSNW LG ESCW S UZGAUW TWLOWWF OZSL AK JAYZL, SFV OZSL AK WSKQ, JWEWETWJ OZSL ZSHHWFWV LG S TGQ OZG OSK YGGV, SFV CAFV, SFV TJSNW, TWUSMKW ZW KLJSQWV SUJGKK LZW HSLZ GX DGJV NGDVWEGJL. ZSJJQ HGLLWJ SFV LZW YGTDWL GX XAJW