Competition: Arcona Cryptoquiz

Orv Dessrx

02-05-2007 09:31:00

Alrighty, here's a competition for my fellow Arconans!

RULES

What's a cryptoquiz?
Well, its shuffled set of words in-a-given-category where each and every occurrence of a particular letter is substituted with a different letter of the alphabet. For example: "that" might be encoded as "zqtz." It is important to note that letters in the encrypted message will never be the same letter in the decoded message.

How is this competition being run?
Very simple, there will be 5 cryptograms that will be posted 5 times throughout the week. 1 per day for the first 5 days. Do as many as you can as fast as you can. Here's the deal, the 1st submission for each puzzle gets 5pts. The 2nd gets 4pts, the 3rd gets 3pts, etc. If you happen to be the first to submit each puzzle, you'll get 5pts for each of your submission. If you happen to submit 4th for one puzzle and 1st for another and 2nd for the rest, you'll get 2pts, 5pts, and 4ptsx3 respectively.

Winners:
The 3 highest point totals will be declared the winners!

Important Note:
None of the cryptograms will have the exact same letter substitutions.

Send Submissions to:
borkweb+djb@gmail.com

PUZZLES

I'll be posting the puzzles at different time each day to try to give people in different timezones ample opportunity to get the same point totals as others. Assuming this competition is approved by friday, that's when the first set of words will come out!

Cryptoquiz Puzzle #1: Members of Arcona (Sorry this one is a bit late)

1) KXWUMI TXRMDA OMDWIT
2) IMR UOTTMP
3) YLIHXD BMXZLMXROW XMAIWXO
4) SFUX
5) VXNDUDM
6) ZDVOMIT AXOTFT OWZXM
7) XNOP U'ZXWX
8) YXWZ NXRXM
9) SXVOT NFADFT OWZXM XMAIWXO
10) YDOMXW

Puzzle #1 Answers:
1) Zandro Savric Erinos
2) Orv Dessrx
3) Khobai Wrathraven Arconae
4) Juda
5) Malidir
6) Timeros Caesus Entar
7) Alex d'Tana
8) Kant Lavar
9) James Lucius Entar Arconae
10) Kieran

Cryptoquiz Puzzle #2: Starships & Starfighters

1) CFOQ ZXCFQUSXQ
2) FKX KGFXQYXNFUQ
3) AOGYXQ YAOCC TQKBOFX
4) FKX WUEWXQ
5) EUZKTKXZ YUQLXFFX
6) X-MKGB
7) CFOQMKGZ YAOCC NAXOCJQX SOYIF
8) YOQQOYD YQJKCXQ
9) YUQXAAKOG BJGCIKN
10) FKX NIOGFUE

Puzzle #2 Answers:
1) Star Destroyer
2) TIE Interceptor
3) Lancer Class Frigate
4) TIE Bomber
5) Modified Corvette
6) E-Wing
7) Starwind Class Pleasure Yacht
8) Carrack Cruiser
9) Corellian Gunship
10) TIE Phantom

Cryptoquiz Puzzle #3: Antei Combat Chamber Venues

1) FKDHWY PXLFNY GLKKVWYT PBXOFKL
2) UXTNFXB UXLJ DWUK PXZK
3) YXFNN OKSQWYT HWQ
4) MXZWY PKLKONYWXS DWQK LAWYD
5) JNLLWFXY UKDKLQ NG DNLLNI
6) OMLJML BMSSMXLU PWQM
7) LXSPNYWX MQBWXL QNIKL LAWYD
8) FNTUKY DVXLGWY PWQM
9) BAQQ FXQBWYT PBXOFKL
10) DJW RAOH LKDNLQ

Puzzle #3 Answers
1) Bespin Carbon Freezing Chamber
2) Dagobah Dark Side Cave
3) Naboo Melting Pit
4) Yavin Ceremonial Site Ruins
5) Korriban Desert of Sorrow
6) Myrkyr Hyllyard City
7) Ralconia Ythiar Tower Ruins
8) Bogden Szarfin City
9) Hutt Bathing Chamber
10) Ski Jump Resort

Cryptoquiz Puzzle #4: Common Star Wars Species

1) VAGG
2) QXXWCKK
3) OAZX
4) DAUZZKB
5) CGVXZCUB
6) VARUB
7) MAIIAMGUB
8) BCWGX
9) GQC'IKW
10) GZUBOXMVUB

Puzzle #4 Answers
1) Hutt
2) Wookiee
3) Duro
4) Quarren
5) Ithorian
6) Human
7) Sullustan
8) Nikto
9) Twi'lek
10) Trandoshan

Cryptoquiz Puzzle #5: Slightly More Obscure Star Wars Species

1) ZCIZSYL
2) VYYFZYSU
3) ARDULD-QDO
4) GYL
5) WDOU
6) DFJDBSDO
7) HDLDHCI
8) ZSFF'FRDL
9) XEMMEP
10) FJLSIISOW

Puzzle #5 Answers
1) Teltior
2) Woostoid
3) Chadra-Fan
4) Vor
5) Gand
6) Askajian
7) Barabel
8) Tiss'shar
9) Yuzzum
10) Skrilling