The Waterstones Christmas Number OneIf 3=T,4=S,5=P,6=H,7=H ...what is 8
What is the next letter in the sequence: M,V,E,M,J,S,U,
Which of the following words is the odd one out: CHAT,COMMENT,ELF,MANGER,PAIN,POUR
Pit your wits against the people who cracked Enigma in the official puzzle book from Britain's secretive intelligence organisation,GCHQ.
GCHQ is a top-secret intelligence and security agency which recruits some of the very brightest minds. Over the years,their codebreakers have helped keep our country safe,from the Bletchley Park breakthroughs of WWII to the modern-day threat of cyberattack.
So it comes as no surprise that,even in their time off,the staff at GCHQ love a good puzzle.
Whether they're recruiting new staff or challenging each other to the toughest Christmas quizzes and treasure hunts imaginable,puzzles are at the heart of what GCHQ does.
Now they're opening up their archives of decades'worth of codes,puzzles and challenges for everyone to try. In this book you will find: tips on how to get into the mind-set of a codebreaker; puzzles ranging in difficulty from easy to brain-bending; and a competition section,where we search for Britain's smartest puzzler.
Good luck!
'Ideal for the crossword enthusiast.'- The Daily Telegraph
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780718185541Number of pages: 368Weight: 537 gDimensions: 234 x 153 x 28 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
"A fiendish work,as frustrating,divisive and annoying as it is deeply fulfilling: the true spirit of Christmas." - Guardian
"Surely the trickiest puzzle book in years. Crack these fiendish problems and Trivial Pursuit should be a doddle." - Daily Telegraph
"An explosion of a puzzle collection,too,with hundreds of questions and loads of peripheral material,including captioned photographs and history of twentieth-century British encryption,featuring the work of Alan Turing." - The Times Literary Supplement
"Ideal for the crossword enthusiast." - Daily Telegraph
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