GCHQ Christmas Card 2019
Part 1 - Find the message within the Snowflake.
Part 2 - Complete the Snowflake.
Part 3 - Using a ruler, line up the same coloured snowflakes
around the Christmas Card.
Part 4 - Find the Secret Message within the Hexagons.
Answers Below
Part 1 - Find the message within the snowflake.
Merry
Christmas
and
a Happy
New
Year
from
everyone
at
GCHQ
in
our
Centenary
Year
of foundation.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from
everyone at GCHQ in our Centenary Year of foundation.
Part 2 - Complete the snowflake.
Part 3 - Using a ruler, line up the different colour snowflakes
around the Christmas Card.
Red Stars –
O N E
Orange Stars
–
H U N
Yellow Stars
–
D R E
Green Stars
–
D Y
Blue Stars
–
E A
Pink Stars –
R S
ONE HUNDRED YEARS
Part 4 - Find the Secret Message within the 25 Hexagons.
Letters of a Particular Colour
OREICEAMNYAOE
UHHUNFANRYHRW
NYMNOTORDEAPR
CQESGDOAOAEEY
RRNAETTNRAMEN
ICRTFSYIAVYPF
Letters around each of the 25
Hexagon
Hexagon 3 - RCENHQ
Hexagon 4 - MEUNEC
Hexagon 5 - RRIOUE
Hexagon 6 - HNTEGC
Hexagon 7 - ENDNTN
Hexagon 8 - UOFADN
Hexagon 9 - ISTFFO
Hexagon 10 - ATYONE
Hexagon 11 - GENRYT
Hexagon 12 - TNOANE
Hexagon 13 - DATION
Hexagon 14 - FFORTA
Hexagon 15 - TMDAOF
Hexagon 16 - ASANDM
Hexagon 17 - NARVER
Hexagon 18 - OIYYRA
Hexagon 19 - TRAEYI
Hexagon 20 - OAHAAR
Hexagon 21 - RYAREV
Hexagon 22 - YEYEAY
Hexagon 23 - AAPWYE
Hexagon 24 - ERFROM
Hexagon 25 - PPYNEW
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Columnar Transposition Cipher
https://crypto.interactive-maths.com/columnar-transposition-cipher.html#
Ciphertext
OURQIN YCHRRR RCENHQ MEUNEC RRIOUE HNTEGC ENDNTN UOFADN ISTFFO ATYONE GENRYT TNOANE DATION FFORTA TMDAOF ASANDM NARVER OIYYRA
TRAEYI OAHAAR RYAREV YEYEAY
AAPWYE ERFROM PPYNEW
Key:
ONEHUNDREDYEARS
Key Length: 6
Plaintext
anhgaoretuftoarseneyrrrnnrfueyadtnatroueofryanaera
aciocmoqirdtgypteyfrpaioemictwmnyarptnavnoetydhr
diyyyhyannneaqanonocaerfdoeomtiuenhayvfnarferse
werre
Congraulations you have solved the
CGHQ Christmas Card 2019.
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Stephen Peek: 1999 - 2020
Last updated on: Wednesday 1st January 2020