May 5th, 2016
Today's Question - "You're all wet!!" - Re-shuffle the letters to find a creature of the water. Example: "calm" = "clam"
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Answer to: "You\'re all wet!" = A) storey = oyster; B) sumless = mussels; C) straying = stingray; D) unfolder = flounder; E) gullible = bluegill, and F) sandier = sardine.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
May 4th, 2016
Today's Question - "I get along with everyone." Find the word that can pair up with each of the 4 words in each series. (Example - "Washer, Picture, Rear and Dressing." Each word could pair off with the word "Window".)
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Answer - The words that get along with the other words are:Doesn't match Missing info Like question
May 3rd, 2016
Today's Question - Of seven coins, which all look alike, five have the same weight while two are slightly heavier. Using a balance scale of two pans, without weights, how many operations are necessary to tell which are the two heavy coins?
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Answer - Take 6 of the 7 coins and put 3 on each side of the scale. If they balance then there is one heavy coin in each set. Then take 2 coins from a set and if they balance the odd one if the heavy. If the 3 vs. 3 does not balance then the heavy set contains the coin. Etc. Etc. So you should only need 3 weighings.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
April 29th, 2016
Today’s Question - "Show me the money" - A man had been given 1000 Susan B. Anthony silver dollars. He arranged them in 10 bags in a way he could pick up any amount of dollars (from 1 to 1000) without opening any bag. What was the system? NO COMMENTS MONDAY PERSONAL DAY Cashin’s Comments April 29, 2016 Page 3 of 3
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Answer - to arrange the $1000 in 10 bags so that he could select any number from 1 to 1000 without opening a bag, the series should be: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 489. If those numbers look familiar, they are the denominators of the fractions previously used in various parts of Wall Street (except 489 of course).Doesn't match Missing info Like question
April 28th, 2016
Today's Question - Oh yeah? But can you spell Budweiser? - At the Little League picnic on the weekend, Art was accosted by a bright lad who said as follows: "My uncle is 3 times as old as I am. He is also the square of my sister's age. I am twice as old as my sister. How old am I?
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Answer - The pesky wiz kid was 12 years old. (Dad was 36 and sis was 6.)Doesn't match Missing info Like question
April 27th, 2016
Today's Question. Bet you get this one - On a roulette wheel with numbers 0 through 36, Bob has made a bet. The number he picked is an odd number, divisible by 3, when its 2 digits are multiplied the answer is between 4 and 8. If the two digits are added, the answer still falls between 4 and 8. What number did Bob pick?
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Answer - Multiplying the two digits or adding the two digits gives you an answer between "4" and "8". Thus the number was "15".Doesn't match Missing info Like question
April 26th, 2016
Today's Question - The guy's a poet and he don't know it but his feet sure show it - they're long fellows. Sixth grade doggerel aside - how's your rhyming. Four colors have no rhymes in English. The same is true of one common measurement of time. What are the colors? What is the time measure?
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Answer - The three common colors with no rhymes are: orange, silver and purple. The time measure is month.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
April 25th, 2016
Today's Question - How young are you? A young dog is a pup; a cat has kittens. What are the young versions of the following: Deer; Frog; Lion; Codfish and Oyster? 0.3% 0.2% 0.6% 53.4 90.4 N.A. N.A. Cashin’s Comments April 25, 2016 Page 3 of 4
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Answer - Here are the younger versions Deer = Fawn; Frog = Tadpole; Lion = Cub; Codfish = Codling and Oyster = Spat. (We couldn't make it too easy.) \x0c Cashin\xe2\x80\x99s Comments April 26, 2016 Page 3 of 3Doesn't match Missing info Like question
April 22nd, 2016
Today's Question - Bob was compiling an alumni address book for Bailley Normal. He discovered names of 60,165 alumni. (Bailley Normal has a big history.) The booklet has more than 300 pages but less than 350. There are less than 235 names on each page but each page has an equal number of names. How many names on each page and how many pages in the booklet? Sweet Pasach!
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Answer - The Bailley Normal Alumni Book would be big. There would be 315 pages and each page would have 191 names on it.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
April 21st, 2016
Today's Question - On the way to the Mall Bob found out he only had half the spending money Jim had. Meanwhile, Pam let it be known she had 3 times what Bob had. If the money totaled $144, how much did each one have?
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Answer - Bob would have had $24, Jim who had twice as much would have $48 and Pam who had 3 times would have $72 for a grand total of $144.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
April 20th, 2016
Today's Question - Don and Bob, walking together, both start out by taking a step with the left foot. In order to keep together, Don, whose stride is longer, takes two steps while Bob takes three. How many steps will Bob have taken when they are both about to step out together with their right feet for the first time?
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Answer - Because of the combination of three steps to two steps, Bob and Don will always wind up stepping out on the left foot whenever they are in unison.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
April 18th, 2016
Today's Question – What makes sense here: ___, 19, 13, 8, 4, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, ___? NO COMMENT TUESDAY MEDICAL STUFF
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Answer - What makes sense here: ___, 19, 13, 8, 4, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, ___? Ans. "26....21" Start at "1" in the middle and work out either side. \x0c Cashin\xe2\x80\x99s Comments April 20, 2016 Page 4 of 4Doesn't match Missing info Like question
April 15th, 2016
Today's Question - Make mine a double - plurals are usually formed by adding "s", but there are at least two body parts that change vowels to form their plurals. What are they?
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Answer \xe2\x80\x93 Lots of folks went to Gray's Anatomy to find body parts to pluralize. We didn't mean to be humeris \xe2\x80\x93 we were thinking of tooth and foot.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
April 14th, 2016
Today's Question - The Friends of Fermentation gave out awards to the best cocktail napkin chartists. Todd got 1 more than Steve. Alan got 1 less than John. John got more than Willy but less than Steve. Willy got fewer than Alan. Who got the most awards??
April 13th, 2016
Today's Question - Stop helping me!! - Nick and Dave are rewiring a very large house. Nick is a master electrician and can sometimes work alone. Dave is the assistant and only works in a team. Nick makes $150 per day (non- NYC rates, obviously) while Dave makes $30 less. When they finished the job, the total labor cost was $2,190. How many days did each work? (No fractional days.)
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Answer \xe2\x80\x93 Nick worked nine and Dave worked seven. Alternate (but unlikely), Nick worked thirteen and Dave two.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
April 12th, 2016
Today's Question - I've got your number - or maybe you've got mine. Jason posed the following question to his boss: "I'm thinking of a two digit number. If I multiply the 2 digits, then add 19, then multiply the 2 digits of the new number, I get a number that is exactly 1 less than the original number." What was the original number?
April 11th, 2016
Today's Question - Mike is on a ladder placed against a wall he is painting. He starts on the middle rung, goes up five rungs, down seven rungs, up four rungs, and up nine more rungs, to reach the top bar. How many rungs are there on the ladder?
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Answer - There would be 23 rungs on the ladder.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
April 8th, 2016
Today’s Question - Pass the leftovers - Some numbers leave remainders when divided. What is the smallest number that leaves 1 when divided by 2; 2 when divided by 3; 3 by 4; and 4 by 5? We want a single number that meets all conditions (obviously it's an odd number).
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Answer - The lowest number to meet all the criteria is "59."Doesn't match Missing info Like question
April 7th, 2016
Today's Question - "It's the new sneakers, I tell you!" Teddy challenged his pal, Art to a speed walk race around several trading posts. Teddy covered the course 2 1/2 times faster than Art and beat him by 60 seconds. How long did it take Teddy to cruise the course?
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Answer - Teddy covered the course in 40 seconds while Art needed a minute and 40 (or 100 seconds). Thus the 60 second difference.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
April 6th, 2016
Today's Question - Three's company - the following roots become common words by adding three letters to each side (example "cina" becomes fascinated). Can you make simple words of these roots: hest ment upul ocia A) B) C) D) Cashin’s Comments April 6, 2016 Page 3 of 3
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Answer to "three\'s company" - A) orchestral; B) commentary; C) scrupulous and D) associated. \x0c Cashin\xe2\x80\x99s Comments April 7, 2016 Page 3 of 3Doesn't match Missing info Like question
April 5th, 2016
Today's Question - In the old caution, "mind your P's and Q's", what are P's and what are Q's? Also what is the assumed origin?
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Answer - The adage "mind your P\'s and Q\'s" are thought to have sprung from the wifely admonition to husbands sent on errands near taverns to - "Mind your Pints and Quarts!" (As in - I only ordered two pints, dear, but he must have served me quarts.)Doesn't match Missing info Like question
April 4th, 2016
Today's Question - At the last mayoral election in Gotham City a total 54,730 votes were cast. The Democrat won with 180 votes over the Republican, 1460 over the Reform candidate and 5750 over the Libertarian. How many votes did each candidate get?
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Answer - In the Gotham election, the Dem got 15,530, the Republican 15,350, the Reformer 14,070 and the Libertarian 9,780. (You didn't need a formula. All you had to do was add the winning margins to the total vote and divide by 4. That gave you the Democrat and then start subtracting.)Doesn't match Missing info Like question
April 1st, 2016
Today's Question - What am I missing - Here's one that someone found in a puzzle book. There is one letter (a vowel) missing from this series. If you add the letter several times and separate the words to make a sentence. (Hint the vowel should appear 17 times.) "HGRTDTHLVNXTRMLYWLLDRSSDGNTLMN" Cashin’s Comments April 1, 2016 Page 3 of 3
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Answer - Wow! That was too easy! (So much from accepting puzzle book suggestions.) - "He greeted the eleven extremely well dressed gentlemen."Doesn't match Missing info Like question
March 31st, 2016
Today's Question - Stan and Ollie want to compare their bicycling speeds but they only have one bike (a two-seater). So they find a long stretch of level road. In leg 1, Stan races from milepost 1 to milepost 12 with Ollie on the backseat with a stopwatch. Ollie then races from milepost 12 to milepost 24 with Stan on the backseat timing him. Stan wins easily. Is it most likely because he rides faster, he weighs less or for some other reason??
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Answer - The reason that Stan won easily was that he had one less mile to travel (12-1=11; 24-12=12).Doesn't match Missing info Like question
March 30th, 2016
Today’s Question – Timmy refused to pay off his March Madness bets with his twin brother, Tommy. He challenged Tommy, double or nothing, to solve this puzzle: Find a two digit number that is double the product of its two digits. (That means multiplying the two digits just in case you have a graduate degree.) What’s the number?
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Answer \xe2\x80\x93 Timmy's twin brother, Tommy, nearly popped a staple trying to figure this one. Skip the algebra and use logic. Since the number was two times the product of its digits, it had to be an \xe2\x80\x9ceven\xe2\x80\x9d number. The product had to be under 50 since twice that would be a three digit number. Also, the number could not have a zero in it since multiplying by zero equals zero. So our number must be an even two digit number below 50 with no zeroes. There are other tricks that take up too much space. Anyway, from the universe you narrowed you eliminate down to the number 36 which gives you a product of 18 exactly one half its value.Doesn't match Missing info Like question