BBC Homepage
  • Skip to content
  • Accessibility Help
  • Your account
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Health
  • Culture
  • Arts
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Live
More menu
More menu
Search BBC
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Health
  • Culture
  • Arts
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Live
Close menu
BBC News
Menu
  • Home
  • Climate
  • World
  • US & Canada
  • UK
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Science
  • Entertainment & Arts
  • Health
More
  • In Pictures
  • BBC Verify
  • Newsbeat

7 questions on code and ciphers

  • Published
    14 November 2012
Share page
About sharing

For past quizzes including our weekly news quiz, 7 days 7 questions, expand the grey drop-down below - also available on the Magazine page (and scroll down).

Find out more about Enigma and ciphers at BBC History's code-breaking collection of clips and facts.

Around the BBC

  • BBC History

Top stories

  • UK Biobank health data listed for sale in China, government confirms

    • Published
      2 hours ago
  • High Street mini-marts selling cocaine, cannabis and prescription drugs, BBC secret filming reveals

    • Published
      9 hours ago
  • Live. 

    US boards ship carrying Iranian oil, as Trump orders navy to shoot any boat laying mines in strait

    • 27631 viewing28k viewing

More to explore

  • Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge

    A young girl in a red top is holding up a plastic container with a small amphibian in it
  • 'Greatest feeling ever': Runners help exhausted man finish Boston Marathon

    Three men wearing black shorts and different coloured running vests jog towards the finish line of the Boston Marathon with their arms around each other. Robson De Oliveira, who has short, dark hair and a moustasch and is wearing a white vest and a white headband. Ajay Haridasse has short, dark hair and a black vest. Aaron Beggs has short brown hair and a beard and is wearing a yellow vest with a blue stripe.
  • Prince Louis holiday video released to mark eighth birthday

    Prince Louis squints while holding a cricket bat on a beach
  • Stars line red carpet at London premiere of Devil Wears Prada 2

    Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt pose on the red carpet in London. Streep is wearing sunglasses, a long, red, satin jacket, a cream blouse and black trousers. Hathaway has her hair up and is wearing a black embellished corset. Tucci is wearing a pinstriped black suit, white shirt and tie, along with sunglasses. Blunt has a red two-piece on an a jewelled necklace.
  • Girl, 6, has sight restored through gene therapy

    A young girl, with her mouth open, looking excited, wearing clear glasses, and an Easter hat on her head, with chicks, flowers and bright colours on her head. She is by boxes in a room with a chair to the left.
  • 'My baby scratches and scratches': Families say their homes are making their children sick

    Nestere and his young daughter look directly at the camera smiling. The little girl is wearing a pink coat.
  • How a pivot to hair accessories led to business success

    Jenny Lennick smiles at the camera. She is wearing glasses and a top with a strawberry pattern
  • 'I can't stop using it' - under-16s have their say on possible social media ban

    Two girls smiling at the camera as they pose for a picture in a youth club. Maisie on the left has brown hair pulled back in a pony tail and is wearing a grey hoodie with Harvard University branding in large red type. Iga on the right wears a black hoodie bunched up on her arms. She has shoulder-length blond hair and has rimless glasses.
  • Politics Essential: Get the latest news and analysis delivered to your inbox every weekday

    Politics Essential logo showing Houses of Parliament against a red background

Elsewhere on the BBC

  • Catastrophic circumstances pull together a fractured family

    MotherFatherSon
  • Why are eating disorders among teenage girls on the rise?

    The Food Programme
  • Amandaland returns soon with Lucy Punch and Joanna Lumley

    Amandaland
  • Is the NFL Draft key to reviving failing franchises?

    More than the Score

Most read

  1. 1

    Three men guilty of 'callous' Brighton beach rape

  2. 2

    Sara Cox replaces Scott Mills on Radio 2 breakfast show

  3. 3

    Senior Lucy Letby hospital boss arrested

  4. 4

    Prince Louis holiday video released to mark eighth birthday

  5. 5

    Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge

  6. 6

    UK Biobank health data listed for sale in China, government confirms

  7. 7

    High Street mini-marts selling cocaine, cannabis and prescription drugs, BBC secret filming reveals

  8. 8

    The boy who vanished: 50 years on from the disappearance of Sandy Davidson

  9. 9

    In Tehran, money is short and a return to war looms over daily life

  10. 10

    UK and France strike new £662m small boats deal

BBC News Services

  • On your mobile
  • On smart speakers
  • Get news alerts
  • Contact BBC News
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Health
  • Culture
  • Arts
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Live
  • Terms of Use
  • About the BBC
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies
  • Accessibility Help
  • Parental Guidance
  • Contact the BBC
  • BBC emails for you
  • Advertise with us

Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.

You might also like:

news | sport | weather | worklife | travel | future | culture | world | business | technology