The codebreaker challenge
Crack the cipher!
Congratulations to the winners of the codebreaker challenge:
1st: Ines Anton-Mendez
2nd: Hayden Koudela
Honourable Mention: Warwick Pearson
The clues
- Clue: The Initial Key is: 4533153211
- Clue: Use all the Codebreaker Tools to work out the answer.
- Clue: Use the Codes and Codebreaking Exhibition to work out the answer.
- Clue: The answer is something important to the UNE Museum of Antiquities.
- Clue: The letter frequency in the answer is: 5:3:4:2:2:1.
The encrypted message
ZQLR | DBSH | TVXH | STDO | DAUU | LCWG | LPEU | TUPM |
OPWT | QZID | HYUV | SIQJ | TLKJ | OTFX | CWDI | NKPC |
WRIJ | XFBH | VPQA | XVLG | XDNT | ULKZ | WLPF | VHLQ |
YVCZ | XIJP | HPQY | EHOI | BPGB | THVD | IBPR | WOEV |
EHOJ | VSHI | YCTU | XBLI | WBHD | GLQJ | LCLK | WYTH |
HSOP | UXSA | TUPY | URDP | UAWH | BDLB | BPXV | JOAY |
UIHO | SLEW | FJAW | HJUZ | HHKW | LGZX | IPCV | QHBR |
WBTP | UKBS | VJOA | DVIH | KJLG | WEUJ | PPMJ | VWXO |
BHHS | BQYL | LQXA | WHIU | AIHO | VHHW | BDLS | WLYA |
XQQE | AWHZ | QTEE | VSOP | QZUA | WHPF | LPUP | JBRN |
CQZI | LKQA | DZBH | HCGT | QZCR | QILT | QCEY | IZLT |
HNVL | DAWH | QXPG | GAQF | RLZU | YDUB | SPIH | AYAI |
REYZ | IULE | WHWE | USTW | QUYQ | ULKN | WWDH | LPWO |
UQDL | ZYUV | WLQS | ATBR | WQFC | YPGP | NBXT | EYAH |
THE ANSWER
CIPHER: | P | I | R | G | T | I | G | N | J | K | F | X | A | N | M | P | E |
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Download a sheet of the codebreaker tools you'll need to crack the encrypted message above. The codebreaker's tools (PDF) Codebreaker worksheet (PDF) Good luck! Submit your entry by email using the subject heading “Codebreaker Challenge” to the Curator of the UNE Museum of Antiquities (UNEMA) at: CuratorUNEMA@une.edu.au Include:
