Family Quiz C/D 30Th Sept.

[quizgran]

Not looking for answers but the section "it's a dogs life. Could anyone give me a clue to how to work this one out. My friends and myself are stumped. How does 3820=pug.

[Tilly2]

Have you got any examples of ones you have done?

[quizgran]

Not done any because i thought it was to do with numbers of the alphabet letters but it don't seem to work.

[oxburgh2]

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Y Z
12 13 - 3829 3=P 8 =U G = 20 Hopes this helps

[mallyh]

oh i don't follow that at all x

[elliemay1]

I don't either mallyh!

[Captain2]

Rather than A=1, B=2, etc

A starts at 14, B=15, etc


so 3=P etc

[bookbinder]

Move the alphabet so that letter 1 is N, letter 2 is O, letter 3 is P. Letters 4,5,6,7,8 are then Q,R,S,T,U. The letter numbers end with number 13 being Z, therefore the sequence begins at A with number 14. This is a code that has been used many times over the years by spies.
According to this code, letter 3 is P; letter 8 is U; letter 20 is G.
Ergo, 3 = P, 8 = U, 20 = G.

[elliemay1]

But why?

[bookbinder]

https://www.theproblemsite.com/reference/mathematics/codes/shifted-alphabet-code

[mallyh]

but 3 is under v

[Hazlinny]

I, too, was puzzled and thought setter had made a mistake - e-mailed her and she kindly explained just as Oxburgh2 has indicated. Write the alphabet down in a column and next to it the appropriate letters P = 3 Q = 4 and so on. No. 39 clue starts with an L.

[TheWinner]

is there another part to the clue for 39?

[Hazlinny]

The Winner: 2514155141725 .... that is the clue for a breed of dog.

[TheWinner]

LABRADOR

[mallyh]

i'm going for a lie down my poor brain can't figure this at all x

[TheWinner]

Look at the list from oxburgh2. Then spell out the letters from the numbers given.
25 14 15 5 14 17 2 5

[mallyh]

i'm reading that as uxtwxxw?ux,that's why i need to lie down x

[TheWinner]

I think its the way it was typed that the letters and numbers aren't quite in line.
A= 14
B= 15
C= 16
D= 17
E= 18
F= 19
G= 20
H= 21
I= 22
J= 23
K= 24
L= 25
M= 26
N= 1
O= 2
P= 3
Q= 4
R= 5
S= 6
T= 7
U= 8
V= 9
W= 10
X= 11
Y= 12
Z= 13

From the numbers given in the clue, (2514155141725)
25 is L
14 is A
15 is B
5 is R
14 is A
17 is D
2 is O
5 is R

[mallyh]

oh thanks xx

[oxburgh2]

Sorry didn't mean to confuse, just how I worked the answers out!!!