Enigma Puzzle #38 - Page 3

enigma · 05-25-2005, 11:05 AM

The set of clues, eventually, will be revealed to each connect to a single word that is essential to one of the amendments to the U.S Constitution. Most are words that are either included in the amendment text itself, or else in the most frequently used summary of the amendment. The list, in amendment number order, is as follows:

1 – Expression
2 – Bear
3 – Quarter
4 – Seizures
5 – Jeopardy
6 – Process
7 – Jury
8 – Cruel
9 – Rights
10 – Powers
11 – Immunity
12 – College
13 – Freed
14 - Equal
15 - Vote
16 – Taxes
17- Senators
18 – Prohibition
19 – Suffrage
20 – Terms
21 – Repeal
22 – Tenure
23 – D.C.
24 – Poll
25 – Succession
26 – Eighteen
27 – Pay

The clues, however, are not in that order – they are in order of the modifying number that precedes each one.

Cracking the code from here involves two fairly straightforward mechanical adjustments, in whatever order you choose: assembling the clues in amendment order, and adding the modifier number to the amendment number for each. The result for each becomes a number from 1-26, which directly map to the letter of the alphabet.

2-5-18-14-19-20-5-9-14-19 -20-9-20-12-5 - 15-14 - 20-8-5 - 12-1-19-20 - 15-14-5

A simple conversion from here, with some common sense spacing, yields a description of the final answer:

BERNSTEINS TITLE ON THE LAST ONE

A search for literary treatment of the 27th amendment yields a scholarly article by Bernstein entitiled: “ The Sleeper Wakes: The History and Legacy of the Twenty-Seventh Amendment”

Thus, the password was:
thesleeperwakes

QuikSand · 05-25-2005, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by enigma

Cracking the code from here involves two fairly straightforward mechanical adjustments

...maybe more straightforward once you actually have the right numbers.

05-25-2005, 11:05 AM	#101
enigma H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Aug 2004	The set of clues, eventually, will be revealed to each connect to a single word that is essential to one of the amendments to the U.S Constitution. Most are words that are either included in the amendment text itself, or else in the most frequently used summary of the amendment. The list, in amendment number order, is as follows: 1 – Expression 2 – Bear 3 – Quarter 4 – Seizures 5 – Jeopardy 6 – Process 7 – Jury 8 – Cruel 9 – Rights 10 – Powers 11 – Immunity 12 – College 13 – Freed 14 - Equal 15 - Vote 16 – Taxes 17- Senators 18 – Prohibition 19 – Suffrage 20 – Terms 21 – Repeal 22 – Tenure 23 – D.C. 24 – Poll 25 – Succession 26 – Eighteen 27 – Pay The clues, however, are not in that order – they are in order of the modifying number that precedes each one. Cracking the code from here involves two fairly straightforward mechanical adjustments, in whatever order you choose: assembling the clues in amendment order, and adding the modifier number to the amendment number for each. The result for each becomes a number from 1-26, which directly map to the letter of the alphabet. 2-5-18-14-19-20-5-9-14-19 -20-9-20-12-5 - 15-14 - 20-8-5 - 12-1-19-20 - 15-14-5 A simple conversion from here, with some common sense spacing, yields a description of the final answer: BERNSTEINS TITLE ON THE LAST ONE A search for literary treatment of the 27th amendment yields a scholarly article by Bernstein entitiled: “ The Sleeper Wakes: The History and Legacy of the Twenty-Seventh Amendment” Thus, the password was: thesleeperwakes __________________ The FOFC Enigma is a self-repeating puzzle system. If you know the answer to the current puzzle, sign on to FOFC with the username "enigma" using the answer (in all lower case letters, with no spacing) as the password. If you're right -- you control the enigma, and may post the next puzzle under that username. The person who solves the enigma should post in the puzzle thread noting both the fact that the puzzle is solved, as well as the solution to the puzzle.

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