{"id":196943,"date":"2023-12-14T00:14:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T00:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=196943"},"modified":"2023-12-14T00:14:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T00:14:03","slug":"gchq-tests-budding-bonds-with-another-fiendish-festive-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/gchq-tests-budding-bonds-with-another-fiendish-festive-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"GCHQ tests budding Bonds with another fiendish festive quiz&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> For your eyes only: GCHQ tests budding Bonds with another fiendish festive quiz&#8230; but can you crack the cryptic code?<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Liked the GCHQ Christmas puzzle? Here are some more of their codes to crack\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the young spies of tomorrow, it is a mission for your eyes only.<\/p>\n<p>GCHQ has released its fiendish Christmas puzzle to test budding James Bonds.<\/p>\n<p>The new head of the intelligence agency, Anne Keast-Butler has set the &#8216;trickiest Christmas Challenge so far&#8217; for schoolchildren around the country.<\/p>\n<p>Over 1,000 schools have already registered in advance for the annual challenge, which is part of GCHQ&#8217;s Christmas card featuring the agency&#8217;s wartime home, Bletchley Park.<\/p>\n<p>Aspiring spy students will be asked to solve seven increasingly fiendish puzzles and riddles masterminded by GCHQ&#8217;s in-house puzzlers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/20\/78931333-12861023-image-a-59_1702500875880.jpg\" height=\"448\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>GCHQ has released its fiendish Christmas puzzle (pictured) to test budding James Bonds<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/20\/78931333-12861023-GCHQ_has_released_its_fiendish_Christmas_puzzle_pictured_to_test-m-58_1702500863650.jpg\" height=\"803\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The new head of the intelligence agency, Anne Keast-Butler has set the &#8216;trickiest Christmas Challenge so far&#8217; for schoolchildren around the country.\u00a0Each of the questions have a one-word answer which can follow the word &#8216;Christmas&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/20\/78931337-12861023-image-a-48_1702500375554.jpg\" height=\"897\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Over 1,000 schools have already registered in advance for the annual challenge, which is part of GCHQ&#8217;s Christmas card featuring the agency&#8217;s wartime home, Bletchley Park\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Each of the questions have a one-word answer which can follow the word &#8216;Christmas&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>To discover the final festive answer, children will need to look to the design on the front of the card, which features a rare 1940 image of a snow-covered Bletchley Park taken before a photography ban was introduced at the mansion.<\/p>\n<p>The image was found in the personal family album of codebreaker Joan Wingfield, a talented cryptographer working on breaking Italian naval codes who later married GCHQ&#8217;s seventh director Arthur Bonsall.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge is designed to test a range of problem-solving skills and secondary school pupils may need to work together to reveal the final festive message.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/20\/78931329-12861023-image-a-49_1702500382530.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Aspiring spy students will be asked to solve seven increasingly fiendish puzzles and riddles masterminded by GCHQ&#8217;s in-house puzzlers\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/20\/78931331-12861023-image-a-50_1702500384254.jpg\" height=\"793\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>To discover the final festive answer, children will need to look to the design on the front of the card, which features a rare 1940 image of a snow-covered Bletchley Park taken before a photography ban was introduced at the mansion\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ms Keast-Butler, who is the first woman to lead GCHQ, said it will test skills in codebreaking, maths and analysis, which are all part of the agency&#8217;s secret work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Puzzles have been at the heart of GCHQ from the start. These skills represent our historic roots in cryptography and encryption and continue to be important to our modern-day mission to keep the country safe&#8217;, she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;GCHQ&#8217;s history at Bletchley Park is represented in this year&#8217;s Christmas card as a reminder of the role this historic place has played in our wartime efforts but also as home to this year&#8217;s AI Safety Summit.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE: Mince spies! GCHQ sets fiendish festive quiz for all budding Bonds&#8230; but can you crack the cryptic code?<\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;Our puzzlers have created a challenge which is designed for a mix of minds to solve. Whether you are an analyst, an engineer or a creative, there is a puzzle for everyone. This is one for classmates, family and friends to try to solve together.&#8217; This year to celebrate the new director&#8217;s passion for maths, GCHQ is also releasing a bonus puzzle asking about sides.<\/p>\n<p>The architect of the quiz, known only as Colin, has set a final test for pupils to find a hidden word in his quote: &#8216;Christmas is a great opportunity for GCHQ to engage young people, hence our annual Christmas Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Our mission relies on people thinking differently and finding inventive ways to approach challenges.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Like the work at GCHQ, solving the puzzles on the card requires a mix of minds, and we want to show young people that thinking differently is a gift.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In order to read the final message these different approaches need to be brought together, demonstrating the value of teamwork as the final piece of the puzzle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Not only do we want the Christmas Challenge to introduce young people to how we work at GCHQ, but we also intend it to be fun!&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For all the answers see tomorrow&#8217;s Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12861023\/For-eyes-GCHQ-tests-budding-Bonds-fiendish-festive-quiz-crack-cryptic-code.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For your eyes only: GCHQ tests budding Bonds with another fiendish festive quiz&#8230; but can&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":196942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28134],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>GCHQ tests budding Bonds with another fiendish festive quiz... - Tokens Talk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/gchq-tests-budding-bonds-with-another-fiendish-festive-quiz\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GCHQ tests budding Bonds with another fiendish festive quiz... - Tokens Talk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For your eyes only: GCHQ tests budding Bonds with another fiendish festive quiz&#8230; but can...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/gchq-tests-budding-bonds-with-another-fiendish-festive-quiz\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tokens Talk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-14T00:14:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GCHQ-tests-budding-Bonds-with-another-fiendish-festive-quiz....jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/gchq-tests-budding-bonds-with-another-fiendish-festive-quiz\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/gchq-tests-budding-bonds-with-another-fiendish-festive-quiz\/\",\"name\":\"GCHQ tests budding Bonds with another fiendish festive quiz... - Tokens Talk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-14T00:14:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-14T00:14:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/#\/schema\/person\/6f5c93d641f4dc4ea25a3807d041e4ab\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/gchq-tests-budding-bonds-with-another-fiendish-festive-quiz\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/gchq-tests-budding-bonds-with-another-fiendish-festive-quiz\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/gchq-tests-budding-bonds-with-another-fiendish-festive-quiz\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"GCHQ tests budding Bonds with another fiendish festive quiz&#8230;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/\",\"name\":\"Tokens Talk\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/#\/schema\/person\/6f5c93d641f4dc4ea25a3807d041e4ab\",\"name\":\"mediabest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mediabest\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"GCHQ tests budding Bonds with another fiendish festive quiz... - Tokens Talk","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/gchq-tests-budding-bonds-with-another-fiendish-festive-quiz\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"GCHQ tests budding Bonds with another fiendish festive quiz... - Tokens Talk","og_description":"For your eyes only: GCHQ tests budding Bonds with another fiendish festive quiz&#8230; but can...","og_url":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/gchq-tests-budding-bonds-with-another-fiendish-festive-quiz\/","og_site_name":"Tokens Talk","article_published_time":"2023-12-14T00:14:03+00:00","author":"mediabest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GCHQ-tests-budding-Bonds-with-another-fiendish-festive-quiz....jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mediabest","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/gchq-tests-budding-bonds-with-another-fiendish-festive-quiz\/","url":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/gchq-tests-budding-bonds-with-another-fiendish-festive-quiz\/","name":"GCHQ tests budding Bonds with another fiendish festive quiz... - Tokens Talk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-12-14T00:14:03+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-14T00:14:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/#\/schema\/person\/6f5c93d641f4dc4ea25a3807d041e4ab"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/gchq-tests-budding-bonds-with-another-fiendish-festive-quiz\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/gchq-tests-budding-bonds-with-another-fiendish-festive-quiz\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/gchq-tests-budding-bonds-with-another-fiendish-festive-quiz\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"GCHQ tests budding Bonds with another fiendish festive quiz&#8230;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/","name":"Tokens Talk","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/#\/schema\/person\/6f5c93d641f4dc4ea25a3807d041e4ab","name":"mediabest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mediabest"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196943"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}