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Science Olympiad — Practice Test

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Timed Question [0 points] Solve this aristocrat, which is a quote from Viktor E. Frankel. When you
have solved it, raise your hand so that the time can be recorded and the solution checked.

UFKMMPSYVSY NFP RPKSVSY LZ MVZP VI NFP NJXPIN

CHALLENGING THE MEANING OF LIFE IS THE TRUEST
PHCJPIIVLS LZ NFP INKNP LZ GPVSY FXRKS.
EXPRESSION OF THE STATE OF BEING HUMAN.

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 1 1 5 2 4 4 3 7 11 2 7 1 6 2 4 4
Replacement Y D P Q W H B X S R A O L T K E Z M N J C I V U G F

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1) [0 points] Solve this Affine cipher, which is a quote from Mark Twain. a=5 and b=2. Reminder:
C=p*a+b, mod 26

I L W P Q P R U Y H T T W F F T L W T J Y T L .

W H E N I N D O U B T T E L L T H E T R U T H .

How to solve
Using the given value of a =5 and b =2 we can calcuate using the formula a ∗ x + b mod 26

I L W P Q P R U Y H T T W F F T L W T J Y T L

The first step is to encode the common letters ETAOIN to see what they would map to.

E(4) → 4∗5+2 → 22 mod 26 → W (22)

T (19) → 19 ∗ 5 + 2 → 97 mod 26 → T (19)
A(0) → 0∗5+2 → 2 mod 26 → C(2)
O(14) → 14 ∗ 5 + 2 → 72 mod 26 → U (20)
I(8) → 8∗5+2 → 42 mod 26 → Q(16)
N (13) → 13 ∗ 5 + 2 → 67 mod 26 → P (15)
Filling in the letter we found (WTCUQP), we get a bit more of the answer.

I L W P Q P R U Y H T T W F F T L W T J Y T L
E N I N O T T E T E T T

Next, encode the next 5 common letters SRHLD.

S(18) → 18 ∗ 5 + 2 → 92 mod 26 → O(14)

R(17) → 17 ∗ 5 + 2 → 87 mod 26 → J(9)
H(7) → 7∗5+2 → 37 mod 26 → L(11)
L(11) → 11 ∗ 5 + 2 → 57 mod 26 → F (5)
D(3) → 3∗5+2 → 17 mod 26 → R(17)
We know the reverse mapping of 5 more letters (OJLFR), which we can fill in.

I L W P Q P R U Y H T T W F F T L W T J Y T L
H E N I N D O T T E L L T H E T R T H

We will convert the next 5 most frequent letters CUMFP.

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C(2) → 2∗5+2 → 12 mod 26 → M (12)

U (20) → 20 ∗ 5 + 2 → 102 mod 26 → Y (24)
M (12) → 12 ∗ 5 + 2 → 62 mod 26 → K(10)
F (5) → 5∗5+2 → 27 mod 26 → B(1)
P (15) → 15 ∗ 5 + 2 → 77 mod 26 → Z(25)
The next 5 letters we know are (MYKBZ), so we will fill those in.

I L W P Q P R U Y H T T W F F T L W T J Y T L
H E N I N D O U T T E L L T H E T R U T H

Next, encode the next 5 common letters GWYBV.

G(6) → 6∗5+2 → 32 mod 26 → G(6)

W (22) → 22 ∗ 5 + 2 → 112 mod 26 → I(8)
Y (24) → 24 ∗ 5 + 2 → 122 mod 26 → S(18)
B(1) → 1∗5+2 → 7 mod 26 → H(7)
V (21) → 21 ∗ 5 + 2 → 107 mod 26 → D(3)
We know the reverse mapping of 5 more letters (GISHD), which we can fill in.

I L W P Q P R U Y H T T W F F T L W T J Y T L
W H E N I N D O U B T T E L L T H E T R U T H

The solution is now complete!

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2) [0 points] Solve this Caesar cipher, which is a quote from Evelyn Waugh and was encrypted with
a shift of 11.

L C E T D E S P D J X M Z W Z Q E S P E H Z Y Z M W P D E

A R T I S T H E S Y M B O L O F T H E T W O N O B L E S T

S F X L Y P Q Q Z C E D : E Z N Z Y D E C F N E L Y O E Z

H U M A N E F F O R T S : T O C O N S T R U C T A N D T O

C P Q C L T Y Q C Z X O P D E C F N E T Z Y .

R E F R A I N F R O M D E S T R U C T I O N .

How to solve
Since there are no single letter words we look for the double letter words and find TD and ZQ and EZ.

We can use a simple trick to test them quickly which only requires looking up 8 characters: six letters
mapping the beginning (A B I M O U) and two letters at the end (O E).The letters are for the
beginning and for the end.

The starting letters match against As/At/An/Am, Be/By, In/It/Is/If, Me/My, Of/Or/On, and Up/Us. The
ending letters match against dO/gO/nO/sO/tO and hE/wE.

Using the beginning letter A gives AK with a key of T and AR with a key of Z and AV with a key of E

Using the beginning letter B gives BL with a key of S and BS with a key of Y and BW with a key of D

Using the beginning letter I gives a common word IS with a key of L and IZ with a key of R a common
word and ID with a key of W

Using the beginning letter M gives MW with a key of H and MD with a key of N and MH with a key of
S

Using the beginning letter O gives OY with a key of F a common word and OF with a key of L and OJ
with a key of Q

Using the beginning letter U gives UE with a key of Z and UL with a key of F a common word and UP
with a key of K

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Using the ending letter O gives 'EO' with a key of P and 'XO' with a key of C a common word and 'TO'
with a key of L

Using the ending letter E gives 'UE' with a key of Z and 'NE' with a key of M and 'JE' with a key of V

Since we have several possible choices, we have to try them out on the first long word 'DJXMZW'

Using the L row to decode the first long word 'DJXMZW', it comes out as 'SYMBOL'

Using the W row to decode the first long word 'DJXMZW', it comes out as 'HNBQDA'

Using the K row to decode the first long word 'DJXMZW', it comes out as 'TZNCPM'

Based on this, we believe that the key row is L which we can use to decode the remaining letters

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3) [0 points] Solve this Dancing Men cipher, which is a quote from Thomas Browne.

ROUGH DIAMONDS MAY SOM

R O U G H D I A M O N D S M A Y S O M

MISTAKEN FOR WORTHLESS

M I S T A K E N F O R W O R T H L E S S

How to Solve
First you want to find the table of the Dancing Men characters in the resources for the test. It should
look like:

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

0123456789
These correspond to the letters A-Z and the digits 0-9. Write the letters under each symbol so that
you know what they map to. Look up each symbol from the cipher in the table and write the letter
under the symbol.

4) [0 points] Solve this Atbash cipher, which is a quote from Prince Philip.

D S V M Z N Z M L K V M H Z X Z I W L L I U L I S R H

W H E N A M A N O P E N S A C A R D O O R F O R H I S

D R U V , R G ' H V R G S V I Z M V D X Z I L I Z M V D

W I F E , I T ' S E I T H E R A N E W C A R O R A N E W

D R U V .

W I F E .

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5) [0 points] Solve this Vigenere cipher, which is a quote from John Maynard Keynes and was
encrypted with the keyword MONEY

M O N E Y M O N E Y M O N E Y M O N E Y M O N E Y M O N

F V R E T A W Q E L O S B J R M L R W G E H U I M Z Z L

T H E A V O I D A N C E O F T A X E S I S T H E O N L Y

E Y M O N E Y M O N E Y M O N E Y M O N E Y M O N E Y M O N E Y M O N

M L F S Y P C O H H E J B I E W S U H G L Y F G G M J X Q N V P U S F

I N T E L L E C T U A L P U R S U I T T H A T S T I L L C A R R I E S

E Y M O N E Y M O .

E L K F R A Y D R .

A N Y R E W A R D .

6) [0 points] Solve this Baconian cipher, which is a quote from Francis Bacon. Hint: a= blue, b=gray

ABAAABAABAABAAABAAABABAAAABABBABBBAABBABBAAABBAAABABA

I T I S I M P O S S I

AAAAAABABABAAABAABAABAABBABABABAABBABBAABBAABAAAAAAAA

B L E T O L O V E A

BBAAAAABBBAABAABBABAAAABAABAABABAAABAAABAAABAABAA

N D T O B E W I S E

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

The A letters are represented by '<p>blue</p>' and the B letters by '<p>gray</p>'

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7) [0 points] Solve this Morbit cipher, which is a quote from Steve Jobs. You are told that 1=●×,
2=×●, 3=––, 4=××, 5=●●

1 5 7 2 2 8 9 7 6 9 8 9 3 9 3 9 5 4 7 8 2 8 9 3 9 5
●×●●●–×●×●–●×–●––××––●×–––×–––×–●●××●––●×●–●×–––×–●●
E V E R Y /G O O D / P R O D
2 7 9 7 1 6 2 1 2 5 6 1 2 2 5 6 1 7 1 2 5 2 2 9 1
×●●–×–●–●×–××●●××●●●–×●××●×●●●–×●×●–●××●●●×●×●×–●×
U C T /I /V E /E V E R /S E E N
2 1 5 1 9 5 1 1 8 8 2 6 5 6 5 1 1 2 6 9 8 2 8 9 3
×●●×●●●××–●●●×●×–●–●×●–×●●–×●●●×●××●–××––●×●–●×–––
/I S /B E C A U S E /A /G R O
2 7 2 3 1 9 3 2 7 1 2 3 1 1 3 6 7 8 2 8 1 1 9 7 1
×●●–×●––●××–––×●●–●××●––●×●×–––×●––●×●–●●×●××–●–●×
U P /O F /P E O P L E /C
7 2 8 2 9 5 4 8 1 1 1 7 8 2 8 1 8 3 4 7 9 5 1 3 6
●–×●–●×●×–●●××–●●×●×●×●––●×●–●●×–●––××●–×–●●●×–––×
A R E D / D E E P L Y / A B O
5 6 6 9 6 7 9 7 2 1 8 9 8 4 5 1 3 6 3 2 9 2 5 1 5
●●–×–××––×●–×–●–×●●×–●×––●××●●●×–––×––×●×–×●●●●×●●
U T /M A K I N G / S O M E T H I
9 1 3 1 2 3 9 3 9 1 8 1 1 7 1 5 8 2 7 2 8 1 9 2 5 1
×–●×––●××●––×–––×–●×–●●×●×●–●×●●–●×●●–×●–●●××–×●●●●×
N G /W O N D E R F U L /T H
7 9 4 6 5 5 2 9 7 6 2 6 8 9 5 4 6 5 5 2 2 1 7 1 2 7 1
●–×–××–×●●●●×●×–●––××●–×–●×–●●××–×●●●●×●×●●×●–●××●●–●×
A T/ T H E Y /A N D / T H E I R /F
7 1 5 2 9 1 8 1 5 1 2 3 2 6 8 9 2 9 5
●–●×●●×●×–●×–●●×●●●××●––×●–×–●×–×●×–●●
R I E N D S /W A N T E D

How to solve
Since we are told the mapping of 12345 ciphertext, we can build the following table:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

●× ×● –– ×× ●● ●– ●– ●– ●–
–● –● –● –●
–× –× –× –×
×– ×– ×– ×–

Based on that information we can map the cipher text as:

1 5 7 2 2 8 9 7 6 9 8 9 3 9 3 9 5 4 7 8 2 8 9 3 9 5
●×●● ×●×● –– –– ●●×× ×● –– ●●
E E /
2 7 9 7 1 6 2 1 2 5 6 1 2 2 5 6 1 7 1 2 5 2 2 9 1
×● ●× ×●●××●●● ●××●×●●● ●× ●××●●●×●×● ●×
I / / E / S E
2 1 5 1 9 5 1 1 8 8 2 6 5 6 5 1 1 2 6 9 8 2 8 9 3
×●●×●●●× ●●●×●× ×● ●● ●●●×●××● ×● ––
/ I S E E/
2 7 2 3 1 9 3 2 7 1 2 3 1 1 3 6 7 8 2 8 1 1 9 7 1
×● ×●––●× ––×● ●××●––●×●×–– ×● ●×●× ●×
P / P E E
7 2 8 2 9 5 4 8 1 1 1 7 8 2 8 1 8 3 4 7 9 5 1 3 6
×● ×● ●●×× ●×●×●× ×● ●× ––×× ●●●×––
/ E E /
5 6 6 9 6 7 9 7 2 1 8 9 8 4 5 1 3 6 3 2 9 2 5 1 5
●● ×●●× ××●●●×–– ––×● ×●●●●×●●
I / S H I
9 1 3 1 2 3 9 3 9 1 8 1 1 7 1 5 8 2 7 2 8 1 9 2 5 1
●×––●××●–– –– ●× ●×●× ●×●● ×● ×● ●× ×●●●●×
G / E H
7 9 4 6 5 5 2 9 7 6 2 6 8 9 5 4 6 5 5 2 2 1 7 1 2 7 1
×× ●●●●×● ×● ●●×× ●●●●×●×●●× ●××● ●×
/ / E I /
7 1 5 2 9 1 8 1 5 1 2 3 2 6 8 9 2 9 5
●×●●×● ●× ●×●●●××●––×● ×● ●●
I S / W

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At this point in time, 4 ciphertext characters still need to be mapped. Looking for unknowns next to ××
which would result in three in a row, we find the sequence 47 where we know that 4 is ×× which
means that 7 cannot start with ×, so we can eliminate those possibilities Also,we find the sequence
48 where we know that 4 is ×× which means that 8 cannot start with ×, so we can eliminate those
possibilities Also,we find the sequence 47 where we know that 4 is ×× which means that 7 cannot
start with ×, so we can eliminate those possibilities Also,we find the sequence 94 where we know that
4 is ×× which means that 9 cannot end in ×, so we can eliminate those possibilities Also,we find the
sequence 46 where we know that 4 is ×× which means that 6 cannot start with ×, so we can eliminate
those possibilities Also,we find the sequence 46 where we know that 4 is ×× which means that 6
cannot start with ×, so we can eliminate those possibilities

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

●× ×● –– ×× ●● ●– ●– ●– ●–
–● –● –● –●
–× –× –× ×–

Based on that information we can map the cipher text as:

1 5 7 2 2 8 9 7 6 9 8 9 3 9 3 9 5 4 7 8 2 8 9 3 9 5
●×●●? ×●×●? ?? ? ?? ?–– ?–– ?●●××? ? ×●? ?–– ?●●
E E /
2 7 9 7 1 6 2 1 2 5 6 1 2 2 5 6 1 7 1 2 5 2 2 9 1
×●? ?? ●×? ×●●××●●●? ●××●×●●●? ●×? ●××●●●×●×● ?●×
I / / E / S E
2 1 5 1 9 5 1 1 8 8 2 6 5 6 5 1 1 2 6 9 8 2 8 9 3
×●●×●●●× ?●●●×●×? ? ×●? ●●? ●●●×●××●? ?? ×●? ?––
/ I S E E/
2 7 2 3 1 9 3 2 7 1 2 3 1 1 3 6 7 8 2 8 1 1 9 7 1
×●? ×●––●× ?––×●? ●××●––●×●×––? ? ? ×●? ●×●× ?? ●×
P / P E E
7 2 8 2 9 5 4 8 1 1 1 7 8 2 8 1 8 3 4 7 9 5 1 3 6
? ×●? ×● ?●●××? ●×●×●×? ? ×●? ●×? ––××? ?●●●×––?
/ E E /
5 6 6 9 6 7 9 7 2 1 8 9 8 4 5 1 3 6 3 2 9 2 5 1 5
●●? ? ?? ? ?? ×●●×? ?? ××●●●×––? ––×● ?×●●●●×●●
I / S H I
9 1 3 1 2 3 9 3 9 1 8 1 1 7 1 5 8 2 7 2 8 1 9 2 5 1
?●×––●××●–– ?–– ?●×? ●×●×? ●×●●? ×●? ×●? ●× ?×●●●●×
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G / E H
7 9 4 6 5 5 2 9 7 6 2 6 8 9 5 4 6 5 5 2 2 1 7 1 2 7 1
? ?××? ●●●●×● ?? ? ×●? ? ?●●××? ●●●●×●×●●×? ●××●? ●×
/ / E I /
7 1 5 2 9 1 8 1 5 1 2 3 2 6 8 9 2 9 5
? ●×●●×● ?●×? ●×●●●××●––×●? ? ?×● ?●●
I S / W

At this point in time, 4 ciphertext characters still need to be mapped. Looking for unique mappings, 9
is the only cipher text character that can map to ×– so we mark it as such.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

●× ×● –– ×× ●● ●– ●– ●– ×–
–● –● –●
–× –× –×

Based on that information we can map the cipher text as:

1 5 7 2 2 8 9 7 6 9 8 9 3 9 3 9 5 4 7 8 2 8 9 3 9 5
●×●●? ×●×●? ×–? ? ×–? ×–––×–––×–●●××? ? ×●? ×–––×–●●
E E O O D / O D
2 7 9 7 1 6 2 1 2 5 6 1 2 2 5 6 1 7 1 2 5 2 2 9 1
×●? ×–? ●×? ×●●××●●●? ●××●×●●●? ●×? ●××●●●×●×●×–●×
I / / E / S E E N
2 1 5 1 9 5 1 1 8 8 2 6 5 6 5 1 1 2 6 9 8 2 8 9 3
×●●×●●●××–●●●×●×? ? ×●? ●●? ●●●×●××●? ×–? ×●? ×–––
/ I S / B E E/ O
2 7 2 3 1 9 3 2 7 1 2 3 1 1 3 6 7 8 2 8 1 1 9 7 1
×●? ×●––●××–––×●? ●××●––●×●×––? ? ? ×●? ●×●××–? ●×
P / O / P E E/
7 2 8 2 9 5 4 8 1 1 1 7 8 2 8 1 8 3 4 7 9 5 1 3 6
? ×●? ×●×–●●××? ●×●×●×? ? ×●? ●×? ––××? ×–●●●×––?
E D / E E / B
5 6 6 9 6 7 9 7 2 1 8 9 8 4 5 1 3 6 3 2 9 2 5 1 5
●●? ? ×–? ? ×–? ×●●×? ×–? ××●●●×––? ––×●×–×●●●●×●●
I / S E T H I
9 1 3 1 2 3 9 3 9 1 8 1 1 7 1 5 8 2 7 2 8 1 9 2 5 1
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×–●×––●××●––×–––×–●×? ●×●×? ●×●●? ×●? ×●? ●××–×●●●●×

N G / W O N E / T H
7 9 4 6 5 5 2 9 7 6 2 6 8 9 5 4 6 5 5 2 2 1 7 1 2 7 1
? ×–××? ●●●●×●×–? ? ×●? ? ×–●●××? ●●●●×●×●●×? ●××●? ●×
T/ E D / E I /
7 1 5 2 9 1 8 1 5 1 2 3 2 6 8 9 2 9 5
? ●×●●×●×–●×? ●×●●●××●––×●? ? ×–×●×–●●
I E N S / W T E D

At this point in time, 3 ciphertext characters still need to be mapped. Looking for unknowns next to ××
which would result in three in a row, we find the sequence 84 where we know that 4 is ×× which
means that 8 cannot end in ×, so we can eliminate those possibilities

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

●× ×● –– ×× ●● ●– ●– ●– ×–
–● –● –●
–× –×

Based on that information we can map the cipher text as:

1 5 7 2 2 8 9 7 6 9 8 9 3 9 3 9 5 4 7 8 2 8 9 3 9 5
●×●●? ×●×●??×–? ? ×–??×–––×–––×–●●××? ??×●??×–––×–●●
E E O O D / O D
2 7 9 7 1 6 2 1 2 5 6 1 2 2 5 6 1 7 1 2 5 2 2 9 1
×●? ×–? ●×? ×●●××●●●? ●××●×●●●? ●×? ●××●●●×●×●×–●×
I / / E / S E E N
2 1 5 1 9 5 1 1 8 8 2 6 5 6 5 1 1 2 6 9 8 2 8 9 3
×●●×●●●××–●●●×●×????×●? ●●? ●●●×●××●? ×–??×●??×–––
/ I S / B E E/ O
2 7 2 3 1 9 3 2 7 1 2 3 1 1 3 6 7 8 2 8 1 1 9 7 1
×●? ×●––●××–––×●? ●××●––●×●×––? ? ??×●??●×●××–? ●×
P / O / P E E/
7 2 8 2 9 5 4 8 1 1 1 7 8 2 8 1 8 3 4 7 9 5 1 3 6
? ×●??×●×–●●××??●×●×●×? ??×●??●×??––××? ×–●●●×––?
E D / E E / B
5 6 6 9 6 7 9 7 2 1 8 9 8 4 5 1 3 6 3 2 9 2 5 1 5
●●? ? ×–? ? ×–? ×●●×??×–??××●●●×––? ––×●×–×●●●●×●●
I / S E T H I
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9 1 3 1 2 3 9 3 9 1 8 1 1 7 1 5 8 2 7 2 8 1 9 2 5 1
×–●×––●××●––×–––×–●×??●×●×? ●×●●??×●? ×●??●××–×●●●●×
N G / W O N E / T H
7 9 4 6 5 5 2 9 7 6 2 6 8 9 5 4 6 5 5 2 2 1 7 1 2 7 1
? ×–××? ●●●●×●×–? ? ×●? ??×–●●××? ●●●●×●×●●×? ●××●? ●×
T/ E D / E I /
7 1 5 2 9 1 8 1 5 1 2 3 2 6 8 9 2 9 5
? ●×●●×●×–●×??●×●●●××●––×●? ??×–×●×–●●
I E N S / W T E D

At this point in time, 3 ciphertext characters still need to be mapped. Looking for spans of at least four
●s and –s next to an unknown, We see the morse sequence ●●●● preceeded by the unknown 6
which can only map to –× since that is the only option which has an × in it.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

●× ×● –– ×× ●● ●– ●– ●– ×–
–● –● –●

Based on that information we can map the cipher text as:

1 5 7 2 2 8 9 7 6 9 8 9 3 9 3 9 5 4 7 8 2 8 9 3 9 5
●×●●??×●×●??×–????×–??×–––×–––×–●●××????×●??×–––×–●●
E E O O D / O D
2 7 9 7 1 6 2 1 2 5 6 1 2 2 5 6 1 7 1 2 5 2 2 9 1
×●??×–??●×??×●●××●●●??●××●×●●●??●×??●××●●●×●×●×–●×
I / / E / S E E N
2 1 5 1 9 5 1 1 8 8 2 6 5 6 5 1 1 2 6 9 8 2 8 9 3
×●●×●●●××–●●●×●×????×●??●●??●●●×●××●??×–??×●??×–––
/ I S / B E E/ O
2 7 2 3 1 9 3 2 7 1 2 3 1 1 3 6 7 8 2 8 1 1 9 7 1
×●??×●––●××–––×●??●××●––●×●×––??????×●??●×●××–??●×
P / O / P E E/
7 2 8 2 9 5 4 8 1 1 1 7 8 2 8 1 8 3 4 7 9 5 1 3 6
??×●??×●×–●●××??●×●×●×????×●??●×??––××??×–●●●×––??
E D / E E / B
5 6 6 9 6 7 9 7 2 1 8 9 8 4 5 1 3 6 3 2 9 2 5 1 5
●●????×–????×–??×●●×??×–??××●●●×––??––×●×–×●●●●×●●
I / S E T H I
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9 1 3 1 2 3 9 3 9 1 8 1 1 7 1 5 8 2 7 2 8 1 9 2 5 1
×–●×––●××●––×–––×–●×??●×●×??●×●●??×●??×●??●××–×●●●●×
N G / W O N E / T H
7 9 4 6 5 5 2 9 7 6 2 6 8 9 5 4 6 5 5 2 2 1 7 1 2 7 1
??×–××??●●●●×●×–????×●????×–●●××??●●●●×●×●●×??●××●??●×
T/ E D / E I /
7 1 5 2 9 1 8 1 5 1 2 3 2 6 8 9 2 9 5
??●×●●×●×–●×??●×●●●××●––×●????×–×●×–●●
I E N S / W T E D

At this point in time, 3 ciphertext characters still need to be mapped. Trying our remaining candidates
on the ciphertext, Attempting to substutite ●– for 6 doesn't work because we end up with the
sequence 9769 as ––●●–×– which is not a legal morse code character, so we can eliminate it as a
possibility. Also, Attempting to substutite –● for 6 doesn't work because we end up with the sequence
9769 as –●––●×– which is not a legal morse code character, so we can eliminate it as a
possibility.Since 7 has several options we simply try them and look at the first word or two to see if it
makes sense. Trying ●– for 7 gives us a chunk: ETHINGWONDERFULTHAT. Trying –● for 7 gives us
a chunk: ETHINGWONREDVRFTHNT. Which means we know that 7 must map to ●– Eliminating ●–
as an option for 8 means that 8 must be –●.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

●× ×● –– ×× ●● ●– –● ×–

Based on that information we can map the cipher text as:

1 5 7 2 2 8 9 7 6 9 8 9 3 9 3 9 5 4 7 8 2 8 9 3 9 5
●×●●●–×●×●–●×–●–??×––●×–––×–––×–●●××●––●×●–●×–––×–●●
E V E R G O O D / P R O D
2 7 9 7 1 6 2 1 2 5 6 1 2 2 5 6 1 7 1 2 5 2 2 9 1
×●●–×–●–●×??×●●××●●●??●××●×●●●??●×●–●××●●●×●×●×–●×
U C I / / E R / S E E N
2 1 5 1 9 5 1 1 8 8 2 6 5 6 5 1 1 2 6 9 8 2 8 9 3
×●●×●●●××–●●●×●×–●–●×●??●●??●●●×●××●??×––●×●–●×–––
/ I S / B E C E/ G R O
2 7 2 3 1 9 3 2 7 1 2 3 1 1 3 6 7 8 2 8 1 1 9 7 1
×●●–×●––●××–––×●●–●××●––●×●×––??●––●×●–●●×●××–●–●×
U P / O F / P E L E/ C
7 2 8 2 9 5 4 8 1 1 1 7 8 2 8 1 8 3 4 7 9 5 1 3 6

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●–×●–●×●×–●●××–●●×●×●×●––●×●–●●×–●––××●–×–●●●×––??
A R E D / D E E P L Y / A B
5 6 6 9 6 7 9 7 2 1 8 9 8 4 5 1 3 6 3 2 9 2 5 1 5
●●????×–??●–×–●–×●●×–●×––●××●●●×––??––×●×–×●●●●×●●
K I N G / S E T H I
9 1 3 1 2 3 9 3 9 1 8 1 1 7 1 5 8 2 7 2 8 1 9 2 5 1
×–●×––●××●––×–––×–●×–●●×●×●–●×●●–●×●●–×●–●●××–×●●●●×
N G / W O N D E R F U L / T H
7 9 4 6 5 5 2 9 7 6 2 6 8 9 5 4 6 5 5 2 2 1 7 1 2 7 1
●–×–××??●●●●×●×–●–??×●??–●×–●●××??●●●●×●×●●×●–●××●●–●×
A T/ E D / E I R / F
7 1 5 2 9 1 8 1 5 1 2 3 2 6 8 9 2 9 5
●–●×●●×●×–●×–●●×●●●××●––×●??–●×–×●×–●●
R I E N D S / W T E D

Now that we have mapped all the ciphertext characters, the

decoded morse code is the answer:
EVERGOOD PRODUCI ER SEEN IS BECE GROUP OF PELE CARED
DEEPLY ABKING SETHING WONDERFUL THAT ED EIR FRIENDS
WTED

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8) [0 points] Solve this Pigpen cipher, which is a quote from Harry S. Truman.

A P E S S I M I S T I S O N E W H O M A K E S

A P E S S I M I S T I S O N E W H O M A K E S

D I F F I C U L T I E S O F H I S O P P O R T U N I T I E S

D I F F I C U L T I E S O F H I S O P P O R T U N I T I E S

A N O P T I M I S T I S O N E W H O M A K E S

A N O P T I M I S T I S O N E W H O M A K E S

O P P O R T U N I T I E S O F H I S D I F F I C U L T I E S

O P P O R T U N I T I E S O F H I S D I F F I C U L T I E S

How to Solve
First you want to create the lookup table by drawing two tic-tac-toe boards followed by two big Xs.

Then write the alphabet in the tic-tac-toe boards across and then down putting dots on the letters in
the second board.

Then fill up the two big Xs starting at the top then left, right and finally bottom, putting dots on the
letters in the second X. like:

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With that decode table, it should be quick decode the characters by looking at the shapes and
whether the shape has a dot in it or not.

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