Post by rodinus on Dec 10, 2015 1:57:59 GMT -6
Hi folks.
I am going to have a bang at this and see what it brings up :
Article courtesy of : www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/12041894/GCHQ-Christmas-card-question-Do-you-know-the-puzzle-answer.html
Britain’s intelligence agency GCHQ has released a festive brainteaser for the British public (or any public) to solve – can you work it out?
GCHQ has released a Christmas card with a twist this year, one with a codebreaking challenge which is sure to delight puzzle fans.
Britain’s intelligence and security agency has ditched the traditional festive greetings from snowmen or Santa Claus in favour of a card with a cryptographic twist.
Participants must complete the grid-shading puzzle with a black pen to eventually reveal an image. Once the first puzzle has been completed it will lead to a series of increasingly complex challenges.
“This year, along with his traditional Christmas cards, Director GCHQ Robert Hannigan is including a brain-teasing puzzle that seems certain to exercise the grey matter of participants over the holiday season,” GCHQ explains.
Once all stages have been unlocked and completed successfully, players are invited to submit their answer to an email address, which is revealed as your progress along the puzzle, by 31 January 2016.
The winner will then be drawn from all the successful entries and notified soon after.
If you are not lucky enough to be on the GCHQ mailing list, you can download the puzzle here : www.gchq.gov.uk/SiteCollectionImages/grid-shading-puzzle.jpg
Enjoy...
Warmest
Rod
I am going to have a bang at this and see what it brings up :
Article courtesy of : www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/12041894/GCHQ-Christmas-card-question-Do-you-know-the-puzzle-answer.html
Britain’s intelligence agency GCHQ has released a festive brainteaser for the British public (or any public) to solve – can you work it out?
GCHQ has released a Christmas card with a twist this year, one with a codebreaking challenge which is sure to delight puzzle fans.
Britain’s intelligence and security agency has ditched the traditional festive greetings from snowmen or Santa Claus in favour of a card with a cryptographic twist.
Participants must complete the grid-shading puzzle with a black pen to eventually reveal an image. Once the first puzzle has been completed it will lead to a series of increasingly complex challenges.
“This year, along with his traditional Christmas cards, Director GCHQ Robert Hannigan is including a brain-teasing puzzle that seems certain to exercise the grey matter of participants over the holiday season,” GCHQ explains.
Once all stages have been unlocked and completed successfully, players are invited to submit their answer to an email address, which is revealed as your progress along the puzzle, by 31 January 2016.
The winner will then be drawn from all the successful entries and notified soon after.
If you are not lucky enough to be on the GCHQ mailing list, you can download the puzzle here : www.gchq.gov.uk/SiteCollectionImages/grid-shading-puzzle.jpg
Enjoy...
Warmest
Rod
