December 15th, 2017
Today's Question - Name Santa's Reindeer. Bonus Question - An actor once won an Oscar for playing Santa. Who was it? And in what film?
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Answers - Santa Claus\' reindeer are: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen Bonus Answer - The only actor to win an Oscar for playing Santa was "Edmund Gwenn" for "Miracle on 34th Street"Doesn't match Missing info Like question
December 14th, 2017
Today's Question - What well known Christmastime songs do these phrases describe: • A rallying cry for people who don't cheat on their boyfriend or girlfriend Cashin’s Comments December 14, 2017 Page 3 of 3 The acne finally disappeared late one night • How a communist tells his wife he knows the difference between rain and snow • • Are you tuned to the same station I am? • Christmas is a time for ove, for fami y, and mis etoe • Mom caught showing affection to our cat after it had been on the beach
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Answers (parens): \x0c\xe2\x80\xa2 A rallying cry for people who don't cheat on their boyfriend or girlfriend (Oh Come All Ye Faithful!) \xe2\x80\xa2 How a communist tells his wife he knows the difference between rain and snow December 15, 2017 Page 3 of 3 \xe2\x80\xa2 Mom caught showing affection to our cat after it had been on the beach (I Saw Mommy Kissing Sandy Claws)Doesn't match Missing info Like question
December 13th, 2017
Today's Question - How many total gifts did the true love give on the 12th day of Christmas?
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Answer - On the Twelfth Day of Christmas there were 364 gifts unless you count the Partridge and Pear Tree separately.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
December 12th, 2017
Today's Question - If 6 Bibbles and 2 Bobbles cost $10 and 6 Bobbles and 3 Bibbles cost $15, what does 1 Bibble cost?
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Answer - A Bibble costs $1 (a bobble costs $2).Doesn't match Missing info Like question
December 6th, 2017
Today's Question - Kids sometimes send secret messages using numbers for letters. Math students do the reverse. Solve the following math problem in which letters substitute for numbers. (Hints - logic is more important than math and if you give a letter a value, it must keep that value all through the problem - so if V = 6, it always equals 6).
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Answer - CC times CC = CDC might be 11 times 11 = 121Doesn't match Missing info Like question
December 5th, 2017
Today's Questions - Bob Crachit was told to work by candle. He also had to recycle. If he melted down 5 candle stubs he got 1 whole candle. Therefore, if he collected 25 stubs, how many days would it last assuming 1 candle per day leaves 1 stub per day.
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Answer - Bob could recycle the 25 stubs enough to last 6 nights with one stub left over.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
December 4th, 2017
Today's Question - An encore classic to prepare for the holiday season - Ann is stranded in a mountain cabin with her husband who has just been bitten by a venomous snake. Just before the phone went dead, the doctor told her the only way to save him was with a poultice that must be boiled exactly 15 minutes (no more, no less). Ann has no watch, clock, radio or other means to time things. She does have 2 mini-hour glasses, one runs 11 minutes, the other runs 7 minutes. How does she time 15 minutes exactly? APOLOGIES FOR NO COMMENTS LAST FRIDAY COMPUTER ISSUES.
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Answer - Some opted for the easy - Start both together. When 7 ran out, start the boiling. When 11 runs out (4 minutes), turn over and get 11 more (15 minutes). The fallacy here is that you can boil at any instant you choose. You really have to wait till the boiling process is ready. Okay, once the poultice is ready to boil start both the 7 minute and 11 minute timers. When the 7 minutes is done turn it over. (Elapsed time 7 minutes.) When the 11 minutes is done turn the 7 over again. (There will be exactly 4 minutes in the bottom before you turn it over. So when that runs out the 15 minutes are up. 11 minutes + 4 minutes = 15). More fun than SAT's huh?Doesn't match Missing info Like question
November 30th, 2017
Today's Question - Capital Punishment (yet again) - We already know you memorized the state capitals in grammar school. So, you should be able to answer this without looking anything up. There are four state capitals that begin with the same letter as their state. What are they?
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Answer - The state capitals that begin with the same letter as their states are: Dover (Delaware); Honolulu (Hawaii); Indianapolis (Indiana); Oklahoma City (Oklahoma).Doesn't match Missing info Like question
November 28th, 2017
Today's Question - Put your thinking cap on. There is a two-digit number that is exactly twice the product of its two digits multiplied. What is the two-digit number?
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Answer - Bobby, with help from a calculator discovered the 99 year lease would be 54 years old with 45 left to go.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
November 27th, 2017
Today's Question - Hats off to you - A group of 10 cadets are on their way to the Army - Navy Game when a gust of wind blows all their hats off. A quick footed young man scoops them up and hands them back randomly. What are the odds that exactly 9 of them received the correct hat?
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Answer - The odds of exactly 9 of the cadets receiving the right hat are zero. If 9 got the right hat, the tenth one must have had the right hat also so it would be impossible for exactly 9 to have the right hat.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
November 21st, 2017
Today’s Question - Is that with stuffing or without? If a turkey weighs 8 pounds plus one-third its own weight – how much does it weigh? Holiday Notice There will be no Comments on November 22, 23, 24 as Wonder Woman becomes the Duchess of Domesticity. Wednesday paring, peeling, and preparing; Thursday Cooking and carving; Friday scraping and scouring. (So, since the brains of the operation is out – I may take off too.)
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Answer - If the turkey weighed 8 pounds plus one-third its own weight then the 8 pounds represents 2/3rds of the weight. Thus the turkey weighed 12 pounds.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
November 20th, 2017
Today’s Question – Why is Thanksgiving always on a Thursday? Holiday Notice There will be no Comments on November 22, 23, 24 as Wonder Woman becomes the Duchess of Domesticity. Wednesday paring, peeling, and preparing; Thursday Cooking and carving; Friday scraping and scouring. (So, since the brains of the operation is out – I may take off too.)
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Answer - Thanksgiving is on a Thursday because - Well in a way - because that\'s when the Pilgrims had it. Not at first of course - the First Thanksgiving was a three-day event. Then for many decades it was different days in different places. Finally, New Englanders put it on "Lecture Day" (Thursday) to avoid conflict with the Sabbath but keep a religious note. (Lecture Day was that day of week when preachers would circulate to read or lecture to the people. Sometimes the preacher was not a trained and ordained minister. Rather he might be the only one in the village who could read and write. That made him the \xe2\x80\x9cperson\xe2\x80\x9d to go to for help and advice. The 16th and 17th century British pronunciation of \xe2\x80\x9cperson\xe2\x80\x9d sounded liked \xe2\x80\x9cparson\xe2\x80\x9d\xe2\x80\xa6.a name we find synonymous with preacher.) Washington kept the tradition when he declared the first national Thanksgiving and most Presidents followed suit. Finally, FDR and Congress wrote it into law as the fourth Thursday in November to lengthen the Christmas Shopping Season coming out of the Depression.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
November 17th, 2017
Today's Question - Little Charlie finally retired with his savings. For the first quarter of his life he saved quarters. The next fifth of his life he saved $5 bills. The next third of his life he saved $20 bills. In the 13 years before he retired he saved $100 bills. How old is Charlie as he retires. (Bet you thought we were going to ask how much he had saved??)
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Answer - Little Charlie would be 60. Several folks reported confusion. If you add up the fractions 1/4; 1/5; 1/3, you get 47/60. That means the remaining 13 years was 13/60th's of his age.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
November 16th, 2017
Today's Question – You're the cream in my coffee - Astrobucks coffee house is going slimmer and skimmer. Their counter milk used to be a blend of 95% skim and 5% cream. How much more skim must they add to a quart of their milk to bring it down to 4% cream?
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Answer - According to Sister Herman Joseph, you need to add approximately one pint of skim to get down to 4%.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
November 15th, 2017
Today's Question - In the following series of anagrams the number "7" substitutes for the same letter of the alphabet in each case. Find out what letter is replaced by "7" and rearrange the letters to form words.
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\x0c Cashin\xe2\x80\x99s Comments November 16, 2017 Page 3 of 3 Answer - The missing letter represented by "7" is "A". The words then become: 1) Laxly; 2) Daffy; 3) Dwarf; 4) Dogma; 5) Ideal.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
November 14th, 2017
Today's Question - "I'll buy an "E", Vanna" - Lots of words have double letters. Among the more common are "LL"; "TT" and "SS". Can you think of relatively common words that fit each of the following sets: "VV"; "WW"; "UU"; "II"; "KK" and "HH"?
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Answer - "Double or Nothing" You may have a different list but the ones we got were: Savvy, Powwow; vacuum; skiing; bookkeeper and withhold.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
November 13th, 2017
Today's Question - An old refrain - "Twice four and twenty blackbirds were sitting on a plain. I shot and killed a seventh part. How many did remain?"
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Answer - The centuries old refrain was - "Twice four and twenty blackbirds were sitting on a plain. I shot and killed a seventh part. How many did remain?". Even then (or especially then) riddles involved trickery. So the clue could be interpreted a couple of ways. "Twice four and twenty"......could be "2 times 4 plus twenty" or 2 times "4 and 20 (24)". Obviously to make the riddle work it was "2 times 4" plus twenty (or 28). So...."I shot and killed a seventh part (1/7)....How many did remain?" Thus (2x4) + 20 = 28 of which 1/7 = 4 and whether shot by gun or arrow only the dead would remain = 4.....Phew!! So much for old, old riddles!! \x0c Cashin\xe2\x80\x99s Comments November 14, 2017 Page 3 of 3Doesn't match Missing info Like question
November 10th, 2017
Today's Question - If six pearl onions and three dwarf potatoes cost 15 cents and the same amount would get you nine dwarf potatoes and three pearl onions. What would it cost for 100 dwarf potatoes? A Special Thank You To All The Wonderful Folks In The Armed Forces And All Their Veteran Predecessors
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Answer - 100 dwarf potatoes would cost you $1.00. (But what would you do with them?)Doesn't match Missing info Like question
November 8th, 2017
Today's Question - I'll catch you later - Al started riding his moped from home toward the picnic grove at noon. He travelled at a steady 4 mph. Bob started from the same spot at 2:30 and went at a steady rate of 5 mph. They both arrived at the same time. How long did Bob travel and how long was the trip? Cashin’s Comments November 8, 2017 Page 3 of 3
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Answer - The class ran an hour longer than it would have if novice Sean had left things alone (9 + 5 hours = 2:00). Therefore, half of that hour it was going the wrong way and the other half hour correcting. Since the Abbot returned it at 11:30, then Sean must have pulled his prank at 11:00 - one half hour earlier.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
November 7th, 2017
Today's Question - This is too cheesy for par - At a post-Halloween party, Tucker rattled three dice in a cup. When he rolled, the total on the three dice was a two digit number. The number on top of one of the dice was the sum of two digits in the total. The numbers on the bottoms of the other two dice were the two digits of the total. What did Tucker throw?
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Answer - First let's repeat the question - This is too cheesy for par - At a post-Halloween party, Tucker rattled three dice in a cup. When he rolled, the total on the three dice was a two digit number. The number on top of one of the dice was the sum of two digits in the total. The numbers on the bottoms of the other two dice were the two digits of the total. What did Tucker throw? Okay, so if the two digits in the total are represented on the bottom of two dice, we know they must be digits from 1 through 6. Thus the universe of 2 digit possibilities is 11 through 16. One of the components is the sum of the two digits. The other components are equal to 7 minus one of the digits (opposite sides of a die add up to 7). Therefore, the total is 14 and the components are 5, 6, 3. See it's easy!!Doesn't match Missing info Like question
November 6th, 2017
Today's Question - Better get a designated driver - Timmy is taking cough medicine that is "3% alcohol". How many teaspoons would he have to swallow to have consumed a whole teaspoon of alcohol?
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Answer - It was so simple everyone was trying to find "a hook". Timmy would need to take 33 1/3 teaspoons of 3% alcohol to get the equivalent of 1 teaspoon of 100% alcohol.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
November 3rd, 2017
Today's Question - There are 3 young heirs to an estate. They are Al, Mike and Jack. None of them is yet 21 years old. Al is presently as old as Jack was 14 years ago, and is two-thirds of Mike's age. Mike will be Jack's age when Mike is twice as old as he is now plus 2 years. Three years back Mike was as old as Al is now. How old are Al, Mike and Jack?
November 1st, 2017
Today's Question - Dennis misplaced his wallet last night. Rushing off to work he scoops up a double handful of coins from the bureau. While waiting for the bus, he realizes that he has an equal number of each coin (quarters, dimes and nickels). The total is $9.60. How many coins does Dennis have? NO COMMENT THURSDAY MEDICAL STUFF AGAIN
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Answer \xe2\x80\x93 Dennis scooped up 72 coins (24 of each type).Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 31st, 2017
Today's Question - Are we related?? Which one of these words fails to match the standards of the others: "Brother-in-law, Mother, Sibling, Grandfather, Aunt?" Pick one! (Although there are two possible answers based on different criteria.
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Answer - Okay! There were two answers. All but "brother-in-law" could be blood relatives (in most civilized areas). We, however, were leaning to "sibling" the only term whose gender was not obvious.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 30th, 2017
Today's Question - A kid's trick for Halloween – Mike gave Bob a nickel and a dime. He said - "Put one in each hand but don't tell me. Now....triple the value of the coin in your right hand and double the value in your left. Add those two values together and tell me if the total is "odd" or "even" and I'll tell you which coin is in which hand." What would be the placement for "even?"
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Answer - Guess which hand! - If the total is "even", the nickel must be in the hand that is doubled.....in this case the "left hand." If the nickel were tripled (15 cents), the answer will always be odd.Doesn't match Missing info Like question