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SHERLOCK HOLMES

You must decipher and answer the following questions. To show your method of deciphering, simply write the English alphabet and then, above that, the cipher alphabet. Just because you answer questions correctly and decipher the questions, does not mean that you understand the pattern used, and will therefore not allow you to gain those points. Remember to write your team name on EACH page.

  1. Hll sghcg capd chmdp Gmkldp pau "Dkdldllqaou, lu chdao Saqpmll"?

  2. Pgd hp "qgd chahllqhdpq qghllf rllchdo a bmlludq mll qghp nkalldq." Llald gdo.

  3. Pmnku qgd hchdllqhqu me qgd cgaoacqdo sgm "smrkch aksaup qajd chohllj sgdll gd sap apgmod, allch a khqqkd chohllj smrich pdllch ghl pqaoj, pqaohllf lach"?

  4. Bohmilu Kmchfd sap sgmpd odphchdllcd?

  5. Fhrrd qgd ehopq capd drrdo nrbkhpgdch.

  6. Eoml 1911 rllqhk qgd kaqdo udao me 1927 Pho Aoqgro Cmllall Chmukd rllchdoqmmj qgd capd me a lall somllferkku cmllrrhcqdch me Irochdo. Sgm sap gd?

  7. Fhrrd rp qgd aoqhpq sgm chods daoku nmoqoahqp me Gmkidp allch qgd cgaoacqdop hll qgd capdp emo Qgd Pqoaflch

  8. Gmkldp' ehopq capd sap sgaq?

  9. Pgdokmcj hllrrdpqhfaqdch sgmpd "prchchdll chdaqg...aq qgd dtnodpp chdphod me qgd Nmnd"?

  10. Llaid akk me Qgd Emz-o.

  11. Hll sgaq cgrocg chhch Hodlld Achkdo allch Fmcheodu Llmoqmll fdq laoohdch?

  12. Khpq akk qsdkrrd me Pgdokmcj Gmkldp' khlhqp, ap chdqahkdch hll A Pqrchu hil Pcaakdq

  13. Llaid qgd emro capdp hll eghcg Gmkldp akkmedch qgd lrochdodo qm fm eodd.

  14. Nomrrhchd qgd qhqkd me qgd kapq capd drrdo urbkhpgdeh.

  15. HII sghcg caoch ckrb chhch Omliakeh Achaho nkau ghp kapq faid?

  16. Chrohilf sghcg capd chhch Gmkldp eajd all dnhkdnqhc pdhvrod?

  17. Qsm Aidohcall Nodphchdllqp sdod ldlbdop me qgd Bajdo Pqoddq Hoodfrkaop. Hchdllqheu qgdl.

  18. Chmukd sap a pqrchdllq aq sghcg Idprhq pcgmmk?

  19. Sgm sap "qgd emroqg plaoqdpq lall hU Kmllchmll"?

  20. Gmkldp gach a gmoomo me chdpqomuhllf sgaq?

Spring Street Irregular and bonus compiler Jared Levine reveals the SHOCKING SECRET behind the Holmes Bonus!

"The key to decoding this was taking the English alphabet (26) and placing it on top of the (first 26 letters of the) Spanish alphabet.

One team got that much, even though maybe 3 or 4 actually deciphered the bonus (just couldn't supply the full matrix)."