Unanswered Questions
110 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Impossible Cipher v1.0
When I create riddles, ciphers etc.. they seem to get solved within only a couple of days of writing. Well no more! This cipher may not be impossible but is extremely difficult. If left unsolved for ...
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How to Complete this Cryptographic Challenge?
This question is from a CTF that a company (EY Cybersecurity) did almost a year ago. The original website is no longer available.
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They are all K-verbs
Find the missing verb.
G: Fold, Break, Pry
D: Reduce, Vibrate, Rob
B: Soak, Subtract, Thrash
J: Sleep, Squeeze, ?
Subtle Hint:
Moderate Hint:
Decisive Hint:
Very Decisive Hint:
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Do you see the point?
Original puzzle by me.
Remember to always obey your superiors. The first one should be 08594.
Hint:
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Stress Not! - A North Daniels' Puzzle
Beep, beep, beep, beep...
No, this was not the sound of D.S.I North Daniels playing miniature cricket on his phone, although that would be a preferable situation to the one he is in now.
Unfortunately,...
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A multi-symptom affliction
"Kindly state your name." The nurse's voice was polite, but qiet.
"I'm sorry, I can't hear you, my hearing's bad."
Being mostly deaf was quite frustrating for our patient.
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Crypto Riddle for a bonus track
here is a crypto riddle a artist named Master Boot Record put on the page of his music.
087 104 101 110 032 116 104 101 032 077 111 111 110 032 119 105 108
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Find the secret 7-letter message embedded within this message (unsolved)
Background
This puzzle was originally from a puzzle contest for the USC Viterbi Magazine that is now over, but the answers have not been posted. My friends and I have been working on it for weeks, but ...
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Rare but Abundant in Hill and Hole
I am uncommon,
But a worthy goal.
Rare but abundant
In hill and hole.
Who am I?
You may already know the answer, so the task is not to answer the riddle per se, but to solve the following 'What is a ...
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Number Code - A Visitor by Moonlight
You hear a knock on the door downstairs while you're sleeping.
You creep down the stairs by the light of your phone, only to see a shadow exiting through the window.
By the moonlight, you see a piece ...
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Zed's E-mail: My Good Ol' Uncle Sugar
My friend Gabby and I constantly look out for each other. Just the other day, she received a strange message from what I thought was an uncle of hers. "Problem is," she started with a ...
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Coloured dot cipher
I, as a curious being, stumbled upon a page which had a hidden dot cipher in it.
Part of the console states:
[...] we left you a little message in the dots of the footer
(Source: segment.com)
The ...
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Finding Rogue Kitty II
Having been met by a group of very unhappy bosses at
Kitty is being 'returned' to the staff car when suddenly there is a commotion and she makes a run for it.
As they chase her, little old ladies ...
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Late 18th/early 19th century numbers grid
I was researching an historical figure on the Isle of Man, Capt George Quayle (b.1751 - d.1835), and in amongst the museum's papers was this numbers grid which was part of his effects. The museum ...
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