Today's Question - (Car 54....Where Are You?) Bob left Scranton at 8:15 a.m. headed for Philadelphia via the PA. Turnpike. He drove at a speed of 40 mph. At 8:30 he stopped for 10 minutes to get coffee then resumed at 40 MPH. Al left Philly at 8:45 headed for Scranton via the PA. Turnpike. He traveled at 60 mph. When they met enroute, who was closer to Scranton?

Today’s Question – At a garage sale Smitty bought 20 baseball cards at $5 apiece. He took them to a dealer who said. “Some are forgeries. I’ll pay you $25 for each good one and you pay me $10 for every forgery. Even so, Smitty walked away with a profit of $295 on the whole deal. How many forgeries were there?

Today's Question - Tommy is bringing sandwiches to the game, but is stopped by 3 bullies. The first takes half the sandwiches in the bag plus half a sandwich. The second takes half of what's left plus half a sandwich. The third takes half of what Tom has left plus half a sandwich. Tom then discovers the bag is empty. How many sandwiches did he start with?

Today's Question - Which wheel travels farther on a bicycle - the front or the back?? Bonus Question - What is the only U.S. state with no caves??

Today's Question - David was on a sales trip and wound up eating dinner alone. He had a good steak and a wonderful but expensive bottle of wine (at least for eating alone). The bill before tax and tip came to $85. If 5 times the cost of the wine equaled 12 times the cost of the steak - how much did each cost?

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? NO COMMENTS MONDAY

Today's Question - You have a piece of wood 13 inches long. If you marked it at 4 points: 1 inch, 2 inch, 6 inch and 10 inch, you could measure any number of whole inches from 1 to 13. If the piece of wood is 36 inches  Cashin’s Comments long, what is the smallest number of marks needed to measure any whole inch from 1 to 36 (and where do you put the marks)? April 26, 2017 Page 3 of 3 COMMENTS RESUME ON TUESDAY. WONDER WOMAN ON AN EXTENDED MISSION

Today's Question - The Mid-Hoboken Birth of Baseball Museum is not exactly Disney World. On one recent but rare warm Spring day the ticket seller passed out 100 tickets. Being an old, sexist place they charged Men - $5; Women - $2 and children under 12 paid 10 cents apiece. If the day's receipts totaled $100, what was the visitor mix?  Cashin’s Comments April 25, 2017 Page 3 of 3

Today's Question - Talk about dysfunctional families - at the mini-reunion there was an aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, cousin, sister, brother, daughter, son, father and mother. The puzzle is there are only two women and two men in the room. If they all have a common ancestor but no one is married to a blood relative, how is this possible?

Today's Question - Imagine that these letters are located at the following points on a clock face: Start anywhere you like. Go either clockwise or counterclockwise to make a common word. Hint: Each word will have a larger number of letters than appear on the clock face. H = 12; C = 3; R = 6; U = 9 NO COMMENTS FRIDAY

Today's Question - Two men who signed the Declaration of Independence had their respective families produce two U.S. Presidents for each family. Who were they and who were the Presidents?

Today’s Questions - More state capital confusion - Do you know your X, Y and Z? If you eliminate the state capitals with "city" in their name (Salt Lake City?), you still have 4 left with a "y" in their names. There's also a capital with an "x" but no capital with a "z". Do you know the x + y's?

Today's Question - Can you fill in for me? Find the word or series of letters that would complete the first word and begin the second word. (Example: Bor__ __ __ive becomes "DER" giving "Border" and Derive"). A) Fire__ __ __ __ways C) Door__ __ __stone B) Foot__ __ __ __son D) Cur__ __ __ __ted NO COMMENTS MONDAY

Today’s Question - Sure, but who takes out the garbage! Betty's brother has one more brother than he has sisters. How many more brothers than sisters does Betty have? (No you don't need to know the size of the family.)

Today’s Question - Did you say "Ten-Q". No I said "5Q". Find the 5 letter synonyms that all begin with "Q" for these words: A) Put down, B) Agile, C) Scruple, D) Twist E) Entirely.

Today’s Question - What is unique about the names of the first five U.S. Presidents?

Today's Question - And, I thought the census questionnaire was tough! Tony asked Mitch, "How old is your son?" Mitch replied, "My son is 5 times as old as my daughter and my wife is 5 times as old as my son. I am  Cashin’s Comments April 6, 2017 Page 3 of 3 twice as old as my wife and her great aunt, who is 81, is as old as all of us put together." How old is Mitch's son?

Today’s Question - Watch your step! We once asked you about the occurrence of repeated numbers on a digital watch (1:11; 11:11: 2:22, etc.). Now we'd like you to think sequentially (1:23, etc.). How many times in 24 hours would the numbers be sequential.

Today's Question - And, they never played football either. There are nine U.S. President who never attended college. Can you name all nine?

Today's Question - The Friends of Fermentation were inducting a new member. Phil was asked to define or determine the following famous proverb with all the vowels removed. Phil looked at the slate and saw: "FLN DHSM NYRS NPR TD". Assuming the spacing is misleading, can you help Phil add the vowels and give the popular proverb?

Today's Question - Things are sometimes boring at Salcatraz the Federal penitentiary for the criminally inept. Two long term inmates, Nick and Vince try to fill in the days with contests. Nick and Vince decide to kill time by flipping a coin for $1 a flip. Nick won 3 flips but Vince won $5. How many flips did they have in all?  Cashin’s Comments March 30, 2017 Page 3 of 3

Today's Question - Meet me half way - Two boys visiting their uncle's farm see a rain barrel by the barn. One thinks it's less than half full the other argues more than half full. Using no strings, measuring devices or anything but the barrel, how can they easily decided the debate?

Today's Question - Timmy ignored the advice of his mentor Danny and went to an NCAA - March Madness Party with an armful of brown bottles. To his pal Anthony he gives half the bottles he has plus a half bottle. Next, to his buddy Bernie, he gives half the bottles he has left plus half a bottle. Realizing that he can't live on his personality he then gives half of what he has left plus half a bottle to his protector - Last Call. Timmy then realizes he is out of brown bottles. How many bottles did Tim start with??

Today's Question - It's in the bag - An eccentric trader took his $1,000 bonus to the bank. He asked the teller to place the dollars in a series of sealed bags so that he could later ask for any amount from 1 to 1,000 and get it without opening any bag. What is the smallest number of bags he would need and what amounts would in each bag?

Today’s Question - "Your planet or mine?" Astronaut Ron found himself safely on the planet Zilat. There were two species on the planet - one set had one eye....the other 2 eyes. One set told only the truth. The other only lied. Ron asked a single eyed alien if he was a truth teller. The alien replied - "Zyxtrap!" Confused, Ron asked a 2 eyed alien what the first had said. The 2 eyed alien, using hand signals, indicated that "Zyxtrap" meant yes but warned that the first alien was a liar. Who told the truth?