BBC Homepage
  • Skip to content
  • Accessibility Help
  • Your account
  • Notifications
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBBC
  • CBeebies
  • Food
  • More menu
More menu
Search BBC
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBBC
  • CBeebies
  • Food
Close menu
BBC News
Menu
  • Home
  • InDepth
  • Israel-Gaza war
  • War in Ukraine
  • Climate
  • UK
  • World
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Culture
More
  • Tech
  • Science
  • Health
  • Family & Education
  • In Pictures
  • Newsbeat
  • BBC Verify
  • Disability

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

  • Live. 

    Tsunami waves hit Hawaii as massive earthquake off Russia triggers evacuations across Pacific

    • 95895 viewing96k viewing
  • Watch: Major earthquake off Russia triggers widespread tsunami warnings

    • Published
      2 hours ago
  • Lammy hopes plan to recognise Palestinian state 'will get ceasefire'

    • Published
      27 minutes ago

More to explore

  • Bowen: UK move to recognise Palestinian state is a diplomatic crowbar to revive peace process

    Palestinian flags fly in front of Nelson's Column and a cloudy blue sky in the background during a demonstration in support of Palestine Action in Trafalgar Square, London.
  • Starmer 'rewarding Hamas' and 'Labour's low blow'

    A composite image of the front pages of the Daily Telegraph and the Metro on 30 July 2025
  • 'I was a shopping addict - it needs to be taken more seriously'

    A young woman with brown hair which is blonde when it touches her shoulders holds up a number of Stanley cups and has a quizzical look on her face.
  • I've stopped life-saving medication says man exhausted by fight for NHS care

    Tim Hull lies in bed with a yellow blanket round his neck and shoulders. He has blue eyes and short hair with his hands folded across his lap
  • Why plane turbulence is really becoming more frequent - and more severe

    Treated image of a plane from above
  • Greece claims 'invasion' in Crete as it tries to halt asylum on Med route

    Migrant arrivals from North Africa sit wearing masks in a crowded hall in Crete
  • Russian soldiers scammed and robbed of war cash on return from Ukraine

    Illustration showing a man taking cash from a cashpoint in Russia while two shadowy figures in uniforms stand in front
  • A mistaken elevator, frantic emails and a run for help - how New York shooting unfolded

    Police stand outside 345 Park Avenue after a shooting
  • News Daily: Our flagship daily newsletter delivered to your inbox first thing, with all the latest headlines

    A promo promoting the News Daily newsletter - a graphic of an orange sphere with two concentric crescent shapes around it in a red-orange gradient, like a sound wave.
loading elsewhere stories

Most read

  1. 1

    Why plane turbulence is really becoming more frequent - and more severe

  2. 2

    Starmer 'rewarding Hamas' and 'Labour's low blow'

  3. 3

    What will the new banknotes look like?

  4. 4

    Missing Brady memoir 'could hold new clues to Moors murders'

  5. 5

    Up to 40,000 homes to be built on disused railway land

  6. 6

    I've stopped life-saving medication says man exhausted by fight for NHS care

  7. 7

    Rape crisis centre to launch single sex-only meetings after trans row

  8. 8

    UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years

  9. 9

    The doctor strike has ended - what comes next?

  10. 10

    'I was a shopping addict - it needs to be taken more seriously'

BBC News Services

  • On your mobile
  • On smart speakers
  • Get news alerts
  • Contact BBC News

Best of the BBC

  • Storyville explores how sex scenes in Hollywood are created

    • Attribution
      iPlayer
    Storyville: Sex on Screen
  • Adrian Edmondson's life through music

    • Attribution
      Sounds
    Desert Island Discs: Adrian Edmondson
  • Leonardo DiCaprio as a high-flying, corrupt stockbroker

    • Attribution
      iPlayer
    The Wolf of Wall Street
  • Santana's classic 1990 performance at the Manchester Apollo

    • Attribution
      Sounds
    Radio 2 In Concert: Santana (1990)
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBBC
  • CBeebies
  • Food
  • Terms of Use
  • About the BBC
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies
  • Accessibility Help
  • Parental Guidance
  • Contact the BBC
  • Make an editorial complaint
  • BBC emails for you

Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.