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Science Olympiad — Nic's Very Evil Codebusters

Practice Packet Part 1
Names of participants: (Please print neatly)

School Name: Team Number:

Check your team: ◻ Varsity ◻ JV1 ◻ JV2 ◻ JV3

Warning: Do not open this packet until given permission to do so.

Note: There are useful notes after this page.
Scoring: Time to solve first problem: ________________________________ (use to calculate Bonus below)

Question Value Incorrect letters Deduction Score

Timed 75
1 122
2 184
3 166
4 152
5 121
6 157
7 170
8 157
9 151
10 161
11 165
12 304
13 156
14 169
15 212
16 193
17 165
18 163
19 181
20 172
21 181
22 193
23 233
24 188
25 208
26 151
27 197
28 154
29 204
30 151
31 290
Timed Bonus Timed:
Final Score
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Question Value Incorrect letters Deduction Score

32 159
33 160
34 234
35 196
36 155
37 297
38 254
39 212
40 155
41 166
42 182
43 169
44 150
45 155
46 358
47 362
48 362
49 358
50 264
Timed Bonus Timed:
Final Score
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Timed Question [75 points] Welcome to Nic's Very Evil Codebusters Practice Packet. The First question of any Codebusters test is a Timed
Question. The timed question is very lucritive, earning 1200 extra points based on how fast you can solve it. Once you can solve it, you will get
to have your answer checked and your time recorded.
A few notes for any code: 1) You DO NOT need to fill in the frequency table below, just the answer. 2) On a test, you dont need to answer every
question. Be strategic in choosing your questions. 3) We get to work together. If you cant figure out what a word is, you should ask your
teamates for help.

This Cipher: We will start out nice and easy. This Quote by Albert Einstein is a K1 Aristocrat without a keyword. A K1 without a keyword means it
is basically just a shift cipher, meaning that you must shift each letter a certian offset. Since this is your first code, I will give you a hint, Ciphertext
H decodes to plaintext C.

When you have solved it, raise your hand so that the time can be recorded and the solution checked.

YMJWJ FWJ TSQD YBT BFDX YT QNAJ DTZW QNKJ. TSJ NX FX

YMTZLM STYMNSL NX F RNWFHQJ. YMJ TYMJW NX FX YMTZLM

JAJWDYMNSL NX F RNWFHQJ.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 2 2 4 8 2 12 1 4 9 10 5 2 5 9 7 7 9 3
Replacement

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1) [122 points] Good Job (Assuming that you got that last code correct) This code by Martin Luther King Jr. is also a K1 Aristocrat without a
keyword. Now for this code, I am not going to tell you the offset. Here are some tips: 1) The only 2 letter words are I and A. That alone should
give you enough information to figure out the answer. Now it is time to look at your cheat sheet, there should be an English Letter Frequency
Table. Those show the most common English letters. That means that the more common letters in the code are more likely to be the most
common English letters.
Good Luck

R XYYXBN CQN FJA RW ERNCWJV KNLJDBN R UXEN JVNARLJ.

R BYNJT XDC JPJRWBC RC WXC RW JWPNA KDC FRCQ JWGRNCH

JWM BXAAXF RW VH QNJAC, JWM JKXEN JUU FRCQ J

YJBBRXWJCN MNBRAN CX BNN XDA KNUXENM LXDWCAH BCJWM

JB J VXAJU NGJVYUN OXA CQN FXAUM.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 12 11 16 5 4 5 2 3 23 4 3 6 22 1 2 5 15 1 7 5 13 16 5
Replacement

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2) [184 points] This quote by Robert Goizueta is also a K1 Aristocrat without a keyword.

E FMPPMSR LSYVW EKS, LYQER PMJI ETTIEVIH SR IEVXL. E

FMPPMSR QMRYXIW EKS, GLVMWXMERMXC IQIVKIH. E FMPPMSR

WIGSRHW EKS, XLI FIEXPIW GLERKIH QYWMG. E FMPPMSR

GSGE-GSPEW EKS AEW CIWXIVHEC QSVRMRK.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 1 3 19 5 7 5 15 1 7 6 15 11 5 12 14 2 7 10 7 4
Replacement

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3) [166 points] Time to start adding keywords. With a keyword, there is a keyword enclosed within the frequency table followed by the
alphabet without those letters. For this code, I have went ahead and filled in the frequency table so you can see how it works. This quote by
Martin Luther King Jr. has been encrpypted with a K1 Aristocrat with a keyword of “CODE” and an off set of 4

NK AH IVH XF MIZH THIEH FS HIVXM, FYV QFCIQXNHW RYWX

JHEFRH HEYRHSNEIQ VIXMHV XMIS WHEXNFSIQ. FYV

QFCIQXNHW RYWX XVISWEHSG FYV VIEH, FYV XVNJH, FYV

EQIWW, ISG FYV SIXNFS; ISG XMNW RHISW AH RYWX

GHZHQFT I AFVQG THVWTHEXNZH.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 3 2 9 15 5 24 18 2 1 5 9 9 6 11 4 15 12 15 10 3
Replacement

4) [152 points] For this code, Lets practice filling in the table. This quote by John Burroughs has been encoded with a K1 Aristocrat with a
keyword of FUN and an offset of 6. Isn't this Fun

QG VHY KYJQIZ CNYN ZQUWTN NIVHOP GVY HZ AV

HIMNYZAJIM APNU, CN'M KN ZV ZQUWTN APJA CN LVHTMI'A.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 6 3 2 5 5 3 2 1 4 10 1 3 4 3 3 6 2 5 6
Replacement

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5) [121 points] Time to make this harder. I am not going to tell you the offset for this one. A quote by James Russel Lowell has been encoded
with a K1 Aristocrat and a Keyword of “Keyword”. You are told that Ciphertext B decrypts to plaintext T. This is quite an easy code, so I am not
going to give you anymore guidance. Solve to figure out the Quote and the offset

VHB CA OH KQ RKKM PSHHL, LHWHWOHLTXR BSNB BSH

WTAQKLBCXHA SNLMHAB BK OHNL NLH BSKAH JSTPS XHDHL

SNYYHX.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 5 8 2 1 16 1 6 8 2 5 3 2 2 2 8 3 1 3 4 2
Replacement

6) [157 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Hervé Le Tellier with a keyword of Bored. You are told that ciphertext R translates to plaintext L

JT JXXHTXOZH GHJIHG AORR JRAJCW RHJGT SFGH, JTI SFGH

VYOKQRC, LGFS MFFI JYXNFGW XNJT LGFS ROLH.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 2 2 7 8 8 3 9 1 3 1 2 4 1 6 4 5 1 2 5 2 1
Replacement

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7) [170 points] Now lets do it with less hints. Solve this K1 Aristocrat by John Wooden with a keword of Phrase.

XFJ TVIX PTEVGXHUX RJC XV HLFPJZPUO OGJHX IYLLJII PI

XV MJLPMJ YEVU CVYG OVHS HUM SHYULF, OJX IXHGXJM,

XHRJ HLXPVU, TVZJ.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 2 2 3 4 9 6 11 6 4 4 6 2 2 3 6 9 12 4 2
Replacement

8) [157 points] Solve this code by Israelmore Ayivor. It is a K1 Aristocrat with a keyword of obstacle

CEY OEH HE QUGQGH EU CEYX GYJJLGG, XLGQGH LZLXC

EFGHIJKL IUM VLXGQGH QU HQTLG EN MQNNQJYKHC IUM CEY

AQKK OLH HPLXL.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 1 5 8 1 11 10 3 4 4 10 3 3 2 1 9 1 5 1 5 5 1
Replacement

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9) [151 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Jodi Picoult. It has a keyword of Front

ZIWPKSWPZ EIA NLJ ZPP KRSJQZ RLXXPJ HSQRK SJ GHIJK

IG EIAH PEPZ LJO ZKSVV TAWX KI KRP CHIJQ NIJNVAZSIJZ.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 4 1 3 2 4 9 9 7 3 3 1 8 3 4 6 1 3 3 3 8
Replacement

10) [161 points] It seems like you are getting the hang of this. Now to make it Much more difficult. This K1 Aristocrat by John F Kennedy with a
4 letter long keyword and an offset of 5. You are told that ciphertext U translates to plaintext O.
These are hard and take a good amount of trial and error. Keep in mind tha A and I are the only 1 letter words, you frequency table, and the rule
that No letter can ever translate to itself. Good Luck!

P ZGPIR ZGPY PY ZGH TUYZ HCZXJUXMPIJXD LUSSHLZPUI UN

ZJSHIZ, UN GATJI RIUFSHMOH, ZGJZ GJY HBHX KHHI

OJZGHXHM ZUOHZGHX JZ ZGH FGPZH GUAYH, FPZG ZGH

VUYYPKSH HCLHVZPUI UN FGHI ZGUTJY QHNNHXYUI MPIHM

JSUIH.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 2 1 2 1 4 15 26 12 10 2 3 5 5 3 11 1 2 6 3 15 2 7 9 20
Replacement

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11) [165 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Thomas Jefferson with a 3 letter long keyword and an offset of 4. You are told that ciphertext R
translates to plaintext L.

ANKTKZKX YNK VKUVRK FXK AKRR OTLUXSKJ, YNKC IFT HK

YXEGYKJ AOYN YNKOX UAT MUZKXTSKTY; YNFY ANKTKZKX

YNOTMG MKY GU LFX AXUTM FG YU FYYXFIY YNKOX TUYOIK,

YNKC SFC HK XKROKJ UT YU GKY YNKS YU XOMNYG.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 6 3 1 8 6 2 3 3 27 2 5 12 8 4 4 11 11 2 13 23 3
Replacement

12) [304 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat from a popular TV Character with a 7 letter long keyword and an offset of 3. You are told that
ciphertext S translates to plaintext M.

P’S DWKVWPJO SB IZJ VFGPOPIJ. P’S MKGGPJO PW

SKWEIGIOB. PW'D LKDFH IJ K XJPYFVDKG LPJKVB DBDWFS.

WEF IJGB DPJ PJ SKWEIGIOB PD LFPJO DWXTPH.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 6 9 3 6 7 2 8 11 8 3 1 6 15 6 1 4 9 2 1 1
Replacement

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13) [156 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Coretta Scott King with a 5 letter long keyword and an offset of 1. You are told that ciphertext P
translates to plaintext N.

BQEFUCLPK LB XTQPK UCDU XF CDWF UQ JFFI BQ EDPZ. XCZ

BCQVOI UCFTF GF RQWFTUZ XLUC DOO QJ QVT BHLFPHF DPI

UFHCPQOQKZ? UCFTF LB PQ IFJLHLU LP CVEDP TFBQVTHFB -

LU LB D IFJLHLU LP CVEDP XLOO.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 9 11 8 4 18 1 6 5 4 3 14 6 11 12 1 7 12 5 2 5 4
Replacement

14) [169 points] Time to make it just a little bit harder. I belive in you that you can figure this out. Good Luck. Solve this K1 Aristocrat by
Thomas Sowell with a 4 letter long keyword. You are told that ciphertext T decodes to plaintext O.

YMF RIWKM TG XKNFSKF ISE YFKMSTQTLH ETFX STY NRUQH

LWTBNSL NSYFQQFKYZIQ KTRUQFCNYH NS YMF QNAFX TG RTXY

UFTUQF. NY TGYFS RFISX YMF TUUTXNYF.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 1 1 1 2 16 3 3 4 6 3 5 9 8 5 9 13 6 2 6 12 1
Replacement

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15) [212 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Thomas Paine with a 5 letter long keyword. You are told that ciphertext T decodes to plaintext Y.

ZMBHDYT HZ NPMCQBDC AT MQP VWXYZ, WXC FMRDPXLDXY AT

VHBJDCXDZZ; YGD EMPLDP NPMLMYDZ MQP GWNNHXDZZ

NMZHYHRDKT AT QXHYHXF MQP WEEDBYHMXZ, YGD KWYYDP

XDFWYHRDKT AT PDZYPWHXHXF MQP RHBDZ. YGD MXD

DXBMQPWFDZ HXYDPBMQPZD, YGD MYGDP BPDWYDZ

CHZYHXBYHMXZ. YGD EHPZY HZ W NWYPMX, YGD KWZY W

NQXHZGDP.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 4 9 5 31 4 5 9 20 1 4 3 18 7 20 9 4 7 2 13 19 25 21
Replacement

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16) [193 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Carl Segan with a 7 letter long keyword. You are told that ciphertext M decodes to plaintext E.

YM QGXM GC I VDKGMEA MZTWGVGEMQA LMSMCLMCE DC

VKGMCKM ICL EMKFCDQDHA, GC YFGKF FIULQA ICADCM PCDYV

ICAEFGCH IJDWE VKGMCKM ICL EMKFCDQDHA.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 7 16 9 7 6 10 3 7 1 8 5 15 1 5 1 1 1 5 2 1 3 1
Replacement

17) [165 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Megan Smith with a 5 letter long keyword. You are told that ciphertext Q decodes to plaintext M.

VMD QRFD SDRSCD YD IEG EVVFEIV VR UINDGID EGJ

VDIMGRCRLA - QDG, YRQDG, DXDFAHRJA - VMD QRFD

DIRGRQNI RSSRFVWGNVA YD MEXD EU E GEVNRG.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 4 2 17 8 5 10 1 7 2 1 4 4 5 13 4 2 10 1 2 3
Replacement

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18) [163 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Joseph Rotblat with a 5 letter long keyword. You are told that ciphertext P decodes to plaintext I.

LAJ JKH NPYZJ JKH OHUHYIS WALSPM SHIYUHG ILVAJ JKH

GPZMVBHYE CIZ JKH UHCZ VN JKH GHZJYAMJPVU VN

KPYVZKPTI LE JKH IJVT LVTL. I ZWSHUGPG IMKPHBHTHUJ

VN ZMPHUMH IUG JHMKUVSVOE KIG JAYUHG TISPOU. ZMPHUMH

LHMITH PGHUJPNPHG CPJK GHIJK IUG GHZJYAMJPVU.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 6 2 3 3 13 29 14 20 13 7 11 5 3 16 6 6 15 12 2 8 10
Replacement

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19) [181 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Sebastian Pinera with a 5 letter long keyword. You are told that ciphertext T decodes to plaintext
N.

ZU PKAM K YZKFIM MLUTUSD, ZU PKAM K YZKFIM JMSULXKLD,

KTJ ZU PKAM K SUJMXT OUAMXTSMTZ HY TUZ MTUGOP. BM

PKAM ZU FGHIJ TMB VHIIKXY UN JMAMIUVSMTZ. MJGLKZHUT,

YLHMTLM KTJ ZMLPTUIUOD, HTTUAKZHUT KTJ

MTZXMVXMTMGXYPHV, KTJ SUXM MWGKIHZD.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 7 2 4 3 5 9 8 9 18 7 27 1 3 7 6 20 19 4 1 8 6 14
Replacement

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20) [172 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Scott Ritter with a 6 letter long keyword. You are told that ciphertext I decodes to plaintext O.

EFGHIJX IN UGXX MFXYWZLYQIJ GWFJ'Y HZTTFM IZY IN G

KTGLS PGY TQSF G EPQYF WGKKQY GY G UGOQL XPIE.

YPFC'WF HWIMZLFM QJ NGLYIWQFX. YPFWF'X XLQFJLF GJM

YFLPJITIOC QJAITAFM. YPFC'WF JIY HWIMZLFM QJ G PITF

QJ YPF OWIZJM IW QJ G KGXFUFJY.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 2 3 3 23 16 4 16 14 4 9 9 3 3 9 12 2 7 3 11 9 16 6
Replacement

21) [181 points] You seem to be getting this. Now I have to take away even more information. Yay! While some tests may give you the length
of a keyword, it is not really that common. Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Rhys Darby. You are told that ciphertext Q decodes to plaintext E.

IWVQEWQ XEU RQWSETYTBN XHQ RSQ DQNI RT ZTRS TJH

YTEBQKVRN XEU TJH UQPVIQ. TJH QERVHQ QMVIRQEWQ TE

RSVI FYXEQR VI X UTJZYQ-QUBQU ILTHU.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 3 1 9 1 6 7 4 1 1 1 3 1 18 9 4 11 7 7 4 5 4 2
Replacement

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22) [193 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Neil deGrasse Tyson. You are told that ciphertext N decodes to plaintext C.

PBPG ZRWNP JKP RWOAZJGRLU GPBHUAJRHW, RWBPZJVPWJZ RW

ZNRPWNP LWO JPNKWHUHFD KLBP XGHBPO JH MP GPURLMUP

PWFRWPZ HQ PNHWHVRN FGHIJK. RQ KHVPFGHIW RWJPGPZJ RW

JKHZP QRPUOZ RZ WHJ GPFPWPGLJPO ZHHW, JKP

NHVQHGJLMUP URQPZJDUP JH IKRNK LVPGRNLWZ KLBP MPNHVP

LNNAZJHVPO IRUU OGLI JH L GLXRO NUHZP.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 3 6 2 5 14 23 5 19 10 13 4 13 8 37 5 20 12 7 19 2 15
Replacement

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23) [233 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by James E. Faust. You are told that ciphertext U decodes to plaintext O.

JRFIUZNI YHOGTHG JTL FGHITURUND UVGT ZV KUZTLRGYY

UVVUXFZTOFOGY, FIGD JRYU VXGYGTF NXGJF VGXORY

KGHJZYG YJFJT GSVRUDY FIGYG SJXAGRUZY LOYHUAGXOGY FU

IOY NXGJF JLAJTFJNG.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 3 3 12 21 5 6 12 2 4 5 7 7 2 9 12 7 7 15 6
Replacement

24) [188 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Julie Payette. You are told that ciphertext K decodes to plaintext Z and ciphertext U decodes to
plaintext F.

XQ R LMNOPQ RQN XQQMGREXGO DMTXOEJ, HWOPO

RNGRQTOLOQED RPO BAOQEXUFA RQN TMLLFQXTREXMQ XD

XQDERQERQOMFD, DTXOQTO RQN EOTWQMAMVJ RPO R BRPE MU

OGOPJNRJ AXUO.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 4 2 6 9 3 4 1 4 4 9 6 17 6 17 15 7 3 1 2 11
Replacement

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25) [208 points] You seem to be doing well. Once you feel comfortable doing these with a hint, jump to question #31 to practice without a hint.
Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Vinod Khosla. You are told that ciphertext T decodes to plaintext N.

XLRPNPUT FGHG DUZ YU ILRPLAL YOPTNG BPYOUZY

WZLGYPUTPTN, FTK YLJOTURUND FTK GJPLTJL FRBFDG

LTJUZXFNL DUZ YU FGH OFXK WZLGYPUTG FTK BOD PY PG

PSVUXYFTY PT GJPLTJL FTK YLJOTURUND. GU P BFG FRBFDG

PTYLXLGYLK PT GJPLTJL FTK YLJOTURUND.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 1 5 8 15 16 2 1 10 7 20 7 7 18 7 1 21 17 1 2 5 15 6
Replacement

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26) [151 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Prince Charles. You are told that ciphertext V decodes to plaintext L.

JI JH NMQQVJLR, J WFHI HMC, ISMI JL KFY WKPGYL AKYVP

AG SMZG HFOS NVJLP IYFHI JL HOJGLOG MLP IGOSLKVKRC

ISMI AG MVV MOOGXI ASMI HOJGLOG IGVVH FH MNKFI

GZGYCISJLR - FLIJV, ISMI JH, JI OKWGH IK OVJWMIG

HOJGLOG.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 4 3 7 17 12 20 15 8 12 12 3 12 4 2 3 8 10 4 1 5 2
Replacement

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27) [197 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Antonio Damasio. You are told that ciphertext R decodes to plaintext N.

ISREIDSWERKEE TKVQDFE WE FS JKXKCST FNK DREFVWQKRFE

SL IWCFWVK - QSVGCDFA GRJ OWEFDIK, VKCDMDSR, GVF,

KISRSQDIE GRJ TSCDFDIE, EIDKRIK GRJ FKINRSCSMA.

FNSEK DREFVWQKRFE GCCSY WE ESQK QKGEWVK SL LVKKJSQ

DR FNK ISRLVSRFGFDSR YDFN RGFWVK.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 2 8 15 18 19 9 11 5 22 4 2 5 1 8 18 20 3 11 10 1 2
Replacement

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28) [154 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Huston Smith. You are told that ciphertext B decodes to plaintext Y.

O FQ IUOWOIFE RL QRJKUGOWB MOYOGM VIOKGIK FGJ

WKINGRERMB F DEFGH INKIH FV OL OW ZKUK WNK LRXGWFOG

RL FEE WUXWN. WNFW OV GRW WUXK. FGJ O WNOGH O QFB

NFYK OGWURJXIKJ F ZRUJ ZNOIN NFV GRZ IFXMNW RG TXOWK

F DOW, VIOKGWOVQ. VIOKGIK OV MRRJ. OW VOQSEB UKSRUWV

F JOVIRYKUB.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 5 2 6 17 16 3 14 8 17 4 5 11 25 5 15 2 1 10 11 20 6 3 4
Replacement

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29) [204 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Martin Rees. You are told that ciphertext Y decodes to plaintext R.

KOI ZJPIUKPHPJ JVTTAUPKE ZOVASM CVYR GZ OGYM GZ

WVZZPLSI KV GMMYIZZ TGQVY PZZAIZ KOGK GHHIJK VAY

IBIYEMGE SPBIZ ZAJO GZ JSPTGKI JOGUNI, PUHIJKPVAZ

MPZIGZIZ GUM JVAUKIYKIYYVYPZT; PU WGYKPJASGY, 'JSIGU

IUIYNE' YIZIGYJO MIZIYBIZ HGY OPNOIY WYPVYPKE. GUM

ZJPIUJI GUM KIJOUVSVNE GYI KOI WYPTI YVAKIZ KV

KGJRSPUN KOIZI PZZAIZ.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 10 3 1 6 22 5 35 16 19 1 10 5 12 21 1 2 8 6 14 15 4 23 28
Replacement

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30) [151 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Zoltan Istvan. You are told that ciphertext O decodes to plaintext D.

GNSKWNK LWO AKNRWHIHQE NLW GHIJK LII ARK CHZIO'G

XZHMIKVG, LWO RSGAHZSNLIIE SA RLG MKKW GRHCW AH VLUK

ARK CHZIO MKAAKZ LWO MKAAKZ

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 10 3 2 7 9 9 1 14 8 4 5 5 1 6 4 1 2 8 1 6
Replacement

31) [290 points] Time to make it harder (yay!). These questions don't contain a hint. Good Luck
Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Alexander Hamilton. It contains a very large number.

OTDCD UCD UBBCJFLYUODVG JED YLVVLJE, ODE OTJQRUES,

OTCDD TQESCDS HJCSR LE OTD DEKVLRT VUEKQUKD, ZQO L

NJQVS EDXDC ROCLEK DEJQKT HJCSR OJKDOTDC OJ BCJBDCVG

DFBCDRR TJH YQNT L HUEO OJ TLO GJQ HLOT U NTULC

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Frequency 5 14 20 12 2 3 5 14 6 11 3 15 8 7 6 13 9 7 1 3 1
Replacement

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32) [159 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Margaret Beckett

DLHTUFWUV DTY KDZ YBWZUBZ TUV KZBDUXGXRP KX VZYKSXP

WKYZGC XS KX ISXMWVZ ISXYIZSWKP CXS TGG. ALK NDWGZ

YBWZUBZ XCCZSY LY KDZYZ XIIXSKLUWKWZY, YBWZUBZ NWGG

UXK HTFZ KDTK BDXWBZ CXS LY. XUGP KDZ HXSTG IXNZS XC

T NXSGV TBKWUR TY T BXHHLUWKP BTU

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 1 12 6 9 2 10 5 6 17 6 1 4 5 2 12 12 13 5 14 21 13 21
Replacement

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33) [160 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Ted Lieu

HAI WLZSHW'K JSVSZLIE SK PGGPNZSBP MPNLAKP SZ SK

WHWXLIZSKLW, IPVSPK RPLBSVE HW KNSPWNP LWO

ZPNRWHVHQE, LWO ZLUPK ZRP CHIVO LK SZ SK, WHZ LK SZ

CSKRPK SZ ZH MP.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 2 2 2 3 2 9 5 1 13 11 2 5 3 15 1 4 16 1 5 11 1 13
Replacement

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34) [234 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Hubertus Strughold

XNL WKOLTKL HTI XLKNTEREMB GNOKN NHZL HIZHTKLI SHT

WHDLRB OTXE WUHKL NHZL JFEYMNX HJEYX WXHFXROTM

SLIOKHR HIZHTKLW DEF SHT ET LHFXN. EYX ED WUHKL

FLWLHFKN NHZL KESL TLG QTEGRLIML, XLKNTOVYLW HTI

OTWXFYSLTXW GNOKN NHZL LTHJRLI WESL JLIFOIILT

OTZHROIW XE GHRQ, XNL XEXHRRB ILHD XE NLHF, XNL

ZEOKLRLWW XE XHRQ, HTI, OT XNL DEFLWLLHJRL DYXYFL,

SHB LZLT SHQL OX UEWWOJRL DEF XNL JROTI XE "WLL."

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 4 7 21 12 5 31 15 7 14 48 4 19 16 4 15 8 23 3 1 18 25 7 9
Replacement

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35) [196 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Jeff Bezos

AC’D GZDS CV JZPG AFGZD. AC’D PGNS JZNF CV CONB ZB

AFGZ ABCV Z DOUUGDDHOY XNVFOUC. CJGNG ZNG WZBS DCGXD

AB EGCQGGB, ZBF AC CZLGD XGNDADCGBUG

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 8 8 13 12 1 5 17 1 3 1 7 4 2 1 3 4 4 1 3 1 11
Replacement

36) [155 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Alexander Hamilton

EG XEFF JM HN FEGGFM CWCEF GH GBM RMHRFM, GBCG GBM

FCXU CTM DCLM JZ DMI HN GBMET HXI KBHEKM, EN GBM

FCXU JM UH WHFVDEIHVU GBCG GBMZ KCIIHG JM TMCL, HT

UH EIKHBMTMIG GBCG GBMZ KCIIHG JM VILMTUGHHL

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 11 12 3 9 9 20 16 10 5 5 4 21 3 2 6 6 3 2 4 3
Replacement

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37) [297 points] How is it going? Once you feel comfortable with solving K1 Aristocrats, jump to question 46.
Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Thomas Jefferson

FGH PY GU PUYZHATLUZ LUZPHLSD PULMMPJPLUZ ZVFGHK

HLKHLYYPUN FHVUN; GUK TASZPWSPLY, PUYZLGK VM

PUKLTUPMDPUN SVYYLY.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 2 2 3 5 7 1 5 11 4 3 13 4 3 13 4 1 9 7
Replacement

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38) [254 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Abraham Lincoln

LEVHH NZ ZOJZBW LSUZ WTVILVWHVIWXB UXHXWVTP DXVIW WS

LWZJ WEZ SBZVI VIC BTMLE ML VW V AHSN? IZYZT! VHH

WEZ VTUXZL SR ZMTSJZ, VLXV, VIC VRTXBV BSUAXIZC

BSMHC ISW AP RSTBZ WVGZ V CTXIG RTSU WEZ SEXS TXYZT

ST UVGZ V WTVBG SI WEZ AHMZ TXCDZ XI V WTXVH SR V

WESMLVIC PZVTL. XR CZLWTMBWXSI AZ SMT HSW, NZ UMLW

SMTLZHYZL AZ XWL VMWEST VIC RXIXLEZT. VL V IVWXSI SR

RTZZUZI, NZ UMLW HXYZ WETSMDE VHH WXUZ ST CXZ AP

LMXBXCZ.”

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 7 11 11 3 12 4 15 19 3 19 14 4 1 4 9 26 25 10 33 28 25 4 38
Replacement

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39) [212 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat.

NPQHGP LKP RWLPGWPL, BP URAPF RW MW RWQHGVMLRHW

FGHIJKL. WHB LKPGP’Z M QUHHF, NIL LKP BMLPG RZ

IWZMQP LH FGRWT

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 1 3 4 7 8 3 1 4 10 5 2 12 4 7 1 2 1 9 3
Replacement

40) [155 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Jean-Paul Sartre

SIT PW KETHLSTLH XE JL MFLL; JLKIYWL ETKL XOFEDT

PTXE XOL DEFGH, OL PW FLWUETWPJGL MEF LZLFBXOPTN OL

HELW

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 1 2 9 6 2 4 2 3 3 16 2 1 5 5 2 8 1 6 5 1 1
Replacement

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41) [166 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by thomas Jefferson

ATS ZLEHSCX GHQHPGB AP CKH ISHHGAO AI CKH QSHBB, DPG

CKDC FDPPAC EH ZLOLCHG VLCKATC EHLPJ ZABC

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 7 4 10 3 3 1 5 11 2 1 4 5 2 6 2 4 2 1 1 3
Replacement

42) [182 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Jennifer Ritchie Payette

AFIPX BKCAEGCBGB VAIA HLGAE ICZCKTPAZ LHI GMACI

GMAHICAB. JA HRAE GH IARPFKCED HTGZFGAZ JAPCAL

BXBGAQB VCGM EAV HEAB.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 18 8 9 1 6 3 10 7 7 2 3 3 3 4 1 2 2 3 2 4
Replacement

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43) [169 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Thomas Jefferson

G FUC YUWFXY AX ZFMW MS GV U NXYQ JKCXZW BKWWUEX

OGWF JQ AKKIZ, JQ DUJGTQ UVC U DXO KTC DYGXVCZ,

CGVGVE KV ZGJSTX AUBKV, UVC TXWWGVE WFX OKYTC YKTT

KV UZ GW TGIXC, WFUV WK KBBMSQ WFX JKZW ZSTXVCGC

SKZW, OFGBF UVQ FMJUV SKOXY BUV EGNX.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 3 6 11 3 4 10 14 2 7 15 4 2 5 6 6 9 14 15 15 15 7 9
Replacement

44) [150 points] Solve this K1 Aristocrat by Maxwell Maltz

QYZ UTA BY YAHQ YAC MEFAW TM T MFIC. F LFIJHQ MTUVHC

YAC JXYSHCI TAB UYAUCAMXTMC THH CDDYXML YA OETM F TI

BYFAW TM MEC IYICAM.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 11 3 10 2 3 6 6 6 2 2 11 1 3 1 10 4 1 2 3 11 1
Replacement

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45) [155 points] A quote has been encoded using the K1 Aristocrat Cipher for you to decode.

BSB QZV FCXA XWZVY YFC JXYF YCXUFCA OFZ'M XDAXSB ZD

TCEXYSNC TVJWCAM? FC OSII MYZK XY TZYFSTE YZ XNZSB

YFCJ.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 4 4 9 2 2 8 2 3 1 3 2 2 1 6 4 1 3 2 9 10 8
Replacement

46) [358 points] Welcome to the next part of this section. You are so close to finishing, can't you feel it. This is a keyword problem. You use
the same process as the previous questions; however, you now have to answer with the keyword used to encode it. You DO NOT NEED TO
SOLVE THE QUOTE, just determine the key word.
A quote by Maya Angelou has been encoded using the K1 Aristocrat Cipher for you to decode. What was the K1 Keyword used to encode it?

Enter the Keyword here

Cipher:

JVF LWWS APJA PITXZ J MPQTK AW NWHU J PJLQA WN

HIJKQVO, AW UJSI HIJKQVO WVI WN PQZ KIIX JVK

MWVAQVBQVO VIIKZ, QZ OWWK NWH PQU.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 6 1 1 4 9 9 7 2 2 4 4 6 9 2 2 3 9 12 2 4
Replacement

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47) [362 points] A quote by A W. Somerset Maugham has been encoded using the K1 Aristocrat Cipher for you to decode. What was the K1
Keyword used to encode it?

Enter the Keyword here

Cipher:

VMGNMKH PD LMHMGTPUML PU DEFGHMUML TMIDXGMD FN HPTM,

UFH FYMG SFUO VMGPFLD FN HPTM FG SPNMHPTMD. PH ZFXSL

JM XUUIHXGIS.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 6 1 9 8 9 3 1 1 5 16 4 1 9 4 5 7 2 4 1 1
Replacement

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48) [362 points] A quote by Abhijit Naskar has been encoded using the K1 Aristocrat Cipher for you to decode. What was the K1 Keyword
used to encode it?

Enter the Keyword here

Cipher:

XKPMIKM PX YEM EFGHI MILMHZTW YT MSMZHYM YEM XMSN

HIL YEM XTKPMYC NWTG YEM LHWRIMXX TN POITWHIKM PIYT

YEM SPOEY TN APXLTG.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 1 1 7 1 3 6 8 4 4 16 4 2 7 1 3 9 4 7 10 2
Replacement

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49) [358 points] A quote has been encoded using the K1 Aristocrat Cipher for you to decode. What was the K1 Keyword used to encode it?

Enter the Keyword here

Cipher:

VE SKO QBMB VJPVWVDYB, SKO QKOYC DB ZDYB NK GZPB Z

XBMEBANYS JKMUZY MBYZNVKJWGVX VE NGB XBMWKJ SKO QBMB

QVNG QZW DYVJC.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 1 13 2 4 3 4 5 8 6 5 4 2 5 4 1 9 4 3 7 6
Replacement

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50) [264 points] Congradulations, you have made it to the final code (of part one of a 6 part series). You deserve an easy question. This is a
K1 aristocrat with a keyword of Nic and and offset of pi(rounded to the nearest whole number)

FRDLUGWXPGWERDV, BRX MGYJ QGIJ EW WR WMJ JDI RK BRXU

KEUVW FRIJHXVWJUV SGFOJW. LEYJ BRXUVJPK G SGW RD WMJ

HGFO. IRD'W SGW BRXUVJPK KRU WRR PRDL, HJFGXVJ BRX

DRZ DJJI WR VWGUW WMJ O2 SGFOJW. ED RUIJU WR JGUD

DEF SREDWV KRU FRQSPJWEDL WMEV SGFOJW, ZUEWJ WMJ

SMUGVJ “E PRYJ FRIJHXVWJUV GDI EW EV QB KGYRUEWJ

JYJDW” RD WMJ KURDW RK WMEV SGFOJW GDI LEYJ EW WR

DEF. BRX VMRXPI KJJP SURXI RK BRXUVJPK KRU

FRQSPJWEDL WMEV SGFOJW, BRX MGYJ GPUJGIB IRDJ QRUJ

WMGD NGFO IEI WMURXLMRXW GPP RK PGVW BJGU.

K1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Frequency 11 22 21 15 28 4 15 43 14 7 15 1 8 14 5 43 12 24 19 42 16 7 2
Replacement

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