Literatecode

Today I’ve found the codebreaking challenge which was launched on June 22 2004 by Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) - a British intelligence and security organisation. Despite the fact that neither martini shaken not stirred nor vodka are my favorite drinks here are the answers to the cryptograms.

1) PCS YDHWJP IWT HDC DU CJC HTCI ILD BTC HTRGTIAN UGDB HWXIIXB PH HEXTH, HPNXCV, “VD, KXTL IWT APCS, THETRXPAAN YTGXRWD.”

AND JOSHUA THE SON OF NUN SENT TWO MEN SECRETLY FROM SHITTIM AS SPIES, SAYING, “GO, VIEW THE LAND, ESPECIALLY JERICHO.”
- Bible, The Book Of Joshua

2) BUCZ ZSULP UNF H DFCQLUDQSE UC HCQHBUDZ XHQT U BL. XHAAHUB ASNLUCE. TS XUP FI UC UCDHSCQ TVNVSCFQ IUBHAZ, UCE TUE FCDS RSSC XSUAQTZ; RVQ U PSLHSP FI BHPIFLQVCSP TUE LSEVDSE THB QF XUCQ.

MANY YEARS AGO I CONTRACTED AN INTIMACY WITH A MR. WILLIAM LEGRAND. HE WAS OF AN ANCIENT HUGUENOT FAMILY, AND HAD ONCE BEEN WEALTHY; BUT A SERIES OF MISFORTUNES HAD REDUCED HIM TO WANT.
- The Gold Bug, Edgar Allan Poe

3) TDSARK TZC MRRB KRZNRC ODJ KDAR TDPJK HB KHSRBYR UHNT THK SDBF, NTHB MZYE YPJQRC DQRJ Z YTRAHYZS QRKKRS HB UTHYT TR UZK MJRUHBF Z GZJNHYPSZJSW AZSDCDJDPK GJDCPYN.

HOLMES HAD BEEN SEATED FOR SOME HOURS IN SILENCE WITH HIS LONG, THIN BACK CURVED OVER A CHEMICAL VESSEL IN WHICH HE WAS BREWING A PARTICULARLY MALODOROUS PRODUCT.
- Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Dancing Men, Arthur Conan Doyle

4) PIR ZCRKLEZD IZDORO BRZCZN ZDFPIRK EQH FS EFSSRR ZDO NZLO, “UIW OFD’P WFQ MF GZEA ZDO NBRRH? UR EZD KLDM WFQ LS IR NIFUN QH.”

THE AMERICAN HANDED LEAMAS ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE AND SAID, “WHY DON’T YOU GO BACK AND SLEEP? WE CAN RING YOU IF HE SHOWS UP.”
- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, John Le Carre

5) LG LZR RJ FLNB KPJVCQCJG LIJUR RSB QBZPBR CGRBDDCHBGZB QBPVCZB LGA RSB HJVBPGFBGR ZJFFUGCZLRCJGQ SBLAMULPRBPQ, CGZDUACGH KPJVCQCJG TJP RSB CQQUB JT WLPPLGRQ LGA LURSJPCQLRCJGQ

AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION ABOUT THE SECRET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE AND THE GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS HEADQUARTERS, INCLUDING PROVISION FOR THE ISSUE OF WARRANTS AND AUTHORISATIONS
- Intelligence Services Act 1994

6) QP ZIC NQXPJPG QD UCBPCYBET, 15 QAZQSCX 1586, WFCCP NEXT CPZCXCB ZIC AXQUBCB AQFXZXQQN EZ DQZICXJPGIET AEYZMC

ON THE MORNING OF WEDNESDAY, 15 OCTOBER 1586, QUEEN MARY ENTERED THE CROWDED COURTROOM AT FOTHERINGHAY CASTLE
- The Code Book, Simon Singh

However if you wonder the hidden six-letter word… ugh… I guess GCHQ is looking for talents, not search bots ;)