Geological Puzzles

Cryptic GeoQuotes

Here is a list of our earlier puzzles with their answer key. Substitute the second letter of each pair for the first.

• ABG WORSCOH OIXG IU ABG KGIXIKRMA RM AI OGPIKJRQG ABG GNRMAGJPG IU WBGJISGJC VGUIOG AOHRJK AI GNWXCRJ ABGS.
  - - - V. S. DGRXBCE

  (Answer Key: C=A, V=B, P=C, G=E, U=F, K=G, B=H, R=I, D=K, X=L, S=M, J=N, I=O, W=P, O=R, M=S, A=T, E=U, N=X, H=Y, Q=Z)
  
  
  

• SI SV JVPNJK IB OP LVVJTPH IALI IAP APLRSQEV BN IAP PLTIA LTP QBI IAP GBTM BN LQETZ HPSISPV. IAPVP DAPQBWPQL ALRP XLJVPV BN IAPST BGQ.
  - - - VPQPXL

  (Answer Key: L=A, O=B, X=C, H=D, P=E, N=F, E=G, A=H, S=I, M=K, K=L, W=M, Q=N, B=O, D=P, T=R, V=S, I=T, J=U, R=V, G=W, Z=Y)
  
  
  

• PJL'KK SAY JDE YL SXLLH? 'D,' BGDM GKK TGXYJ, 'PJGYTZTX JT'B PLXYJ, D'KK SAY YL YJT SXLLH.'
  - - - XAMFGXM ODSKDNV

  (Answer Key: G=A, M=D, T=E, H=F, V=G, J=H, D=I, O=K, K=L, E=M, C=N, L=O, S=P, X=R, B=S, Y=T, A=U, Z=V, P=W, F=Y)
  
  
  

• HLU REQU CUYMXIR VX IXH CUQEMI EFKESR RUE XC EFKESR FEIV, WPH EFF TLEIYU HLUMC TXIVMHMXI MI HLU TXPCRU XG HMQU.
  - - - ECMRHXHFU

  (Answer Key: E=A, W=B, T=C, V=D, U=E, G=F, Y=G, L=H, M=I, F=L, Q=M, I=N, X=O, C=R, R=S, H=T, P=U, K=W, S=Y)
  
  
  

• QYURP, BNRI IDIQJMXNTA IBPI, HQI PSWEIUM MY UXHTAI HTG PY HBPY HQI YSQ DNIVP YT MXIF.
  - - - C. J. BYIVNTPYT-BIPPNTA

  (Answer Key: H=A, W=B, U=C, G=D, I=E, C=F, A=G, X=H, N=I, E=J, R=K, B=L, F=M, T=N, Y=O, Q=R, P=S, M=T, S=U, D=V, V=W, J=Y)
  
  
  

• CBPPGKGRQL PJZ BC GC LDR LRCLGVJQN JP LDGQXC AZJHBKRH GQ LDR CEYL IELRZC EQH QJI PJBQH EXEGQ GQ LDR DGXD VJBQLEGQC, CJVRLGVRC PEZ PZJV LDR CRE.
  - - -YRJQEZHJ HE FGQKG

  (Answer Key: E=A, K=C, H=D, R=E, P=F, X=G, D=H, G=I, Y=L, V=M, Q=N, J=O, A=P, Z=R, C=S, L=T, B=U, F=V, I=W, N=Y)
  
  
  

• MSTVT PZHRV, MSTVT CZITV, MSTVT UZVVLF UTPIV XIW VSTFFV,
  VSXFF DTM CT MZBHSTW ALMS CTXBMD, XIW PTNTXF
  MST VTHPTMV ZU MST CZZR ZU TXPMS MZ EXI.
  - - -XFUPTW IZDTV

  (Answer Key: X=A, C=B, H=C, W=D, T=E, U=F, S=H, L=I, R=K, F=L, E=M, I=N, Z=O, P=R, V=S, M=T, B=U, N=V, A=W, D=Y)
  
  
  

• ECVII STR LHLZP ZTQN JL ZLATHLM TRF TD
  RCWE UIVQL?
  - - - JTTN TD BTJ

  (Answer Key: V=A, J=B, Q=C, M=D, L=E, D=F, C=H, W=I, B=J, N=K, I=L, A=M, S=N, T=O, U=P, Z=R, E=S, R=T, F=U, H=V, P=Y)
  
  
  

• QELTQR KF GFM QERT I EMN MNT UEQRM QJEGUJDD;
  MNT MNEQRMV CQFYGK JARFQAR EM JDD.
  - - - RTGTBJ

  (Answer Key: J=A, A=B, K=D, T=E, U=F, C=G, N=H, E=I, D=L, G=N, F=O, Q=R, Z=R, R=S, M=T, Y=U, L=V, I=W, V=Y)
  
  
  

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