Puzzle for the day

[thepanda]

Potato

The others are fruits, yes?

[Rakhal]

Quite correct. Have a cookie.

Getzeye: 10
Halbarad: 10
Edward: 3 + 2 muffins
Kwok: 4
Asrana: 2
KLSymph: 2
Onigiri: 2
Prince Herb: 2
Ragnar: 2
Bean Bandit: 1
Carthrat: 1
Dune: 1
Itarien: 1
Sunhawk: 1
The Panda: 1

--Rakhal

[Getzeye]

Dang..missed it XD
GO PANDA!
Another one enters the race.

W00T!  :shock:

[thepanda]

All it took was 24 hours without sleep to be the first one to post!

* Thepanda will crash shortly.

[Rakhal]

1>A simple substitution code has been used to conceal a "quote." Work out the code to decipher the original words.

Cinderella:
J DBO'U  XBJU VOUJM BMM UIFTF GJSFQMBDFT BSF FMFDUSJGJFE.


2>Dan is now two-fifths Donna's age. Six years ago, he was one-seventh her age. In two years, he will be five-elevenths her age.
How old are they now?


3>Each letter in the grid below has been altered with the inverse of the subsitution code used in question 1. Decode the grid, then find the statement is coiled in the grid below. To spell it out, start with one letter and move to an adjacent letter in any direction.

Code Select Expand


  M  B  S  N  N
  S  Z  R  Z  L
  B  N  J  M  X
  N  J  N  N  B


[Halbarad]

1> I can't wait until all these fireplaces are electrified.

[Halbarad]

3> Too many cooks can't cook.

[Rakhal]

Two cookies for Halbarad! One to go.

Halbarad: 12
Getzeye: 10
Edward: 3 + 2 muffins
Kwok: 4
Asrana: 2
KLSymph: 2
Onigiri: 2
Prince Herb: 2
Ragnar: 2
Bean Bandit: 1
Carthrat: 1
Dune: 1
Itarien: 1
Sunhawk: 1
The Panda: 1

[Asrana]

2>

Dan is 8 years old and Donna is 20 years old right now.

[Rakhal]

And the final cookie is awarded. Congrats!

Halbarad: 12
Getzeye: 10
Edward: 3 + 2 muffins
Kwok: 4
Asrana: 3
KLSymph: 2
Onigiri: 2
Prince Herb: 2
Ragnar: 2
Bean Bandit: 1
Carthrat: 1
Dune: 1
Itarien: 1
Sunhawk: 1
The Panda: 1

[Rakhal]

In the song lines below, the vowels have been removed and the breaks between words have been changed. Put back the vowels and find the lines.

MLTTL TPTSH RTNDS TTTPM VRPR MT

[Getzeye]

MLTTL TPTSH RTNDS TTTPM VRPR MT

I'm a little tea pot short and stout. Tip me over. Pour me out.

I think. ^^()

[Rakhal]

Here's a cookie to go with your tea :)

Halbarad: 12
Getzeye: 11
Edward: 3 + 2 muffins
Kwok: 4
Asrana: 3
KLSymph: 2
Onigiri: 2
Prince Herb: 2
Ragnar: 2
Bean Bandit: 1
Carthrat: 1
Dune: 1
Itarien: 1
Sunhawk: 1
The Panda: 1

[Getzeye]

COOKIE! XD  :P

[Rakhal]

What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same eight letters, can be used to complete the sentences below?

The pioneers found their supplies were getting ________. When the wife looked into the supply ________, it was almost empty.