March 20th, 2017
Today’s Question - Little Staten Island House on the Prairie – In honor of St. Joseph’s Day - sort of. Sal, brother Al and sister Val show up at Nino's sharpeners. Nino's two nephews are on duty. They both work at exactly the same pace. Sal, Al and Val each need one hacksaw sharpened and one "penknife" sharpened. If it takes 15 minutes to sharpen one hacksaw and 5 minutes to sharpen one "penknife"; what is the best division of labor for the nephews to choose?
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Answer - The fastest way for the nephews to finish would be to have one sharpen two hacksaws while the other sharpened one hacksaw and three "penknives". (Elapsed time: 30 minutes.)Doesn't match Missing info Like question
March 16th, 2017
Today's Question - If 6 shamrocks and 3 dwarf potatoes cost 15 cents and the same amount would get you 9 dwarf potatoes and 3 shamrocks. What would it cost for 100 dwarf potatoes?
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Answer - Okay! So they all shared equally and thus ate two soda breads apiece. So....Grandma and her two sons had a total of 6 (or 2 each). Of these, 2 came from the "surprise" extras. So that left 4 breads that represented the grandchildren getting 2 instead of 3 apiece. That means there were 4 grandchildren and a total of 14 cakes (4 x 3 + "2").Doesn't match Missing info Like question
March 15th, 2017
Today's Question - What number is next in this irregular series: 20, 80, 76, 19, 23, 92, 88, __?
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Answer - The missing number is 22. The series revolved around 4: 20 x 4; 80 \xe2\x80\x93 4; 76 \xc3\xb7 4; 19 + 4.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
March 13th, 2017
Today's Question - How many "witches" were burned in Salem, Mass. during the hysterical period of the Salem Witch Trials? 0.2% 75.4% 97.0 0.4% N.A. NO COMMENTS TUESDAY / MEDICAL STUFF
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Answer - There were a total of 20 people executed for witchcraft during the Salem trials, but none of them was burned. Nineteen were hanged and one was crushed to death by placing progressively heavier stones on his chest.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
March 10th, 2017
Today’s Question - I'll meet you halfway. Generous Gene comes back from the potato patch with a sack of potatoes. To the first friend he meets he gives half the sack plus half a potato. To the next friend he gives half of what he has left plus one half a potato. To the third friend he gives half of what's left plus one half a potato. Now the sack is empty. How many potatoes were originally in the sack?
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Answer - Generous Gene began with a sack of seven potatoes.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
March 9th, 2017
Today’s Question - In the non-capitalized alphabet some consonants go up like b, d, f, h, k, i and t. Others go down like p, g, etc. or stay level c, m. etc. Find a hyphenated adjective that contains 6 of the 7 uppers and may describe an idea. (Hint: _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _)
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Answer - the hyphenated adjective with 6 of the 7 upper consonants was "half-baked" (at least that\'s my theory).Doesn't match Missing info Like question
March 8th, 2017
Today’s Question - "I think my watch stopped" - When the day after tomorrow becomes yesterday, that "today" will be as far from Sunday as "today" would be from Sunday when the day before yesterday becomes tomorrow. What day of the week is today? Cashin’s Comments March 8, 2017 Page 3 of 3
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Answer - Boy did Sister Herman Joseph love these "day before the day after" puzzles. We would set up the days of the week (some kids used a circle) and move "today" around like a checker. In the puzzle we gave, one definition would move the checker 4 paces, in the next 3. Since that\'s asymmetrical, the answer would have to add up to 7, which would bring us back to - "Sunday" - that\'s right.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
March 7th, 2017
Today’s Question - Come out! Come out! Wherever you are. Find these words within words. (Here's an example - hint "beginning and first residents, 6, 10 - the answer is "origin" (6) inside "aborigines" (10)). Okay - start -
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Answer \xe2\x80\x93 The words within words were A) Riot \xe2\x80\x93 Patriots; B) Avenge \xe2\x80\x93 Scavenger; C) Trim \xe2\x80\x93 Matrimony.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
March 6th, 2017
Today's Question - If 73 hens lay 73 dozen eggs in 73 days and if 37 hens eat 37 quarts of corn in 37 days, how many quarts of corn corresponds to 1 dozen eggs?
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Answer - If 73 hens lay 73 dozen eggs in 73 days than 73 hens lay 1 dozen in 1 day. Further, if 37 hens eat 37 quarts of corn in 37 days than 37 hens eat 1 quart in 1 day. So to get a dozen eggs you must feed 73 hens for 1 day. To get that you divide the hens needed (73) by hens fed by 1 quart of corn (37) which gives you the answer of a fraction less than 2 quarts.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
March 3rd, 2017
Today's Question - One of our Founding Fathers (and an early Minister to France) was an inventive tinkerer. Among things he invented were - the "dumb waiter" and the folding attic ladder. Who was he?
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Answer - The inventor of the "dumb waiter" and the folding attic leader was Founding Father...Thomas Jefferson.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
March 1st, 2017
Today's Question: (For those who think it's been too easy lately.) Here's a puzzle I was given the year before I became an NYSE member (thus a very old puzzle). In a small town, an elder gent goes to the bank to cash a refund check. He chats so much with the teller that neither one notices that she swaps the dollars for the cents (e.g. $5.10 becomes $10.05). He pockets the money and on the walk home gives 5¢ to a neighbor's kid. Once home he realizes that after deducting the 5¢ he now has exactly twice the amount of the original check. What was the amount on the original check?? (Most of this is logical.) Cashin’s Comments March 1, 2017 Page 3 of 3
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Answer - The Liberty Bell was ordered in 1750 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Colony of Pennsylvania\'s Constitution. They managed to misspell Pennsylvania as "Pensylvania."Doesn't match Missing info Like question
February 28th, 2017
Today’s Question - Vanna say "Oh!" - While "E" is everywhere, the letter "O" can be prevalent. For example, Door to Door and Voodoo Doll are two common phrases of 10 letters having only "o" for a vowel. Can you think of a 4 word phrase (15 letters) that has only "o's" and means thorough or thoroughly?
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Answer - The common four word phrase that only has "o" for a vowel is - "From Top to Bottom."Doesn't match Missing info Like question
February 27th, 2017
Today’s Question - What number comes next in this series: 8, 12, 18, 26, __?
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Answer - This was a lay-up as some folks had their kids do it. The next number in the series 8, 12, 18, 26 is "36Doesn't match Missing info Like question
February 24th, 2017
Today’s Question - We learned that 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 with the word city in their names (ala New York City). What are these cities and their states? Cashin’s Comments February 24, 2017 Page 3 of 3
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Answer - Jefferson City (Missouri); Carson City (Nevada); Oklahoma City (Oklahoma); Salt Lake City (Utah).Doesn't match Missing info Like question
February 22nd, 2017
Today's Question - (Trickery Here!) - Can you write down 5 odd figures that add up to "14"? (Each number is odd.)
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Answer to both ends: A) Onion; B) Emblem; C) Keepsake; D) PeriscopeDoesn't match Missing info Like question
February 15th, 2017
Today’s Question - Okay so the numbers are too easy, huh? What three numbers give the same result when they are added as when they are multiplied?
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Answer - The five letter plural that might apply to a fishing boat, a popular movie and an actor in that movie could be - "lines." At least that\'s what we found.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
February 14th, 2017
Today’s Question - There is an eight letter word for a type of fuel which can have its letters rearranged into two four letter verbs that are opposites. What are the three words?
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Answer - The fuel was "gasoline" and it contains the four letter opposites "gain" and "lose".Doesn't match Missing info Like question
February 8th, 2017
Today's Question - Can you name at least four English words that end in "dous"? (More than four would be stupendous.) NO COMMENTS THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND MONDAY. HOPE TO BE BACK VALENTINE'S DAY Cashin’s Comments February 8, 2017 Page 3 of 3
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Answer \xe2\x80\x93 The four best-known words ending in "Dous" are Stupendous, Horrendous, Tremendous and Hazardous.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
February 7th, 2017
Today's Question - A talkative woman hailed a cab in New York. She kept talking to the driver and asking him questions. He never responded. When she tapped him on the shoulder he said "I'm sorry lady. I'm deaf as a post. I can't hear anything you're saying." When they arrived at her stop, she failed to tip him because he was lying. Explain!
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Answer - The woman knew the taxi driver was lying about being deaf because he took her to the destination she specified when she first got in the cab.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
February 6th, 2017
Today’s Question - Little Alfie was a chess prodigy. Amazed at the kid's ability a reporter asked his dad how old he was. With a grin the father said - "I am 7 times as old as Alfie is now, but in 20 years he'll be 1/2 my age at that time. How old is Alfie?
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Answer - Little Alfie is 4 years old. His dad is 28 (7x4). In 20 years, Alfie will be 24 and dad will be twice as old - 48. \x0c Cashin\xe2\x80\x99s Comments February 7, 2017 Page 3 of 3Doesn't match Missing info Like question
February 3rd, 2017
Today's Question - If 3 milkmaids can milk 3 cows in 7 minutes, how many cows can 6 milkmaids milk in 70 minutes? Cashin’s Comments February 3, 2017 Page 3 of 3
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Answer - If 3 milkmaids can milk 3 cows in 7 minutes then six milkmaids could milk 60 cows in 70 minutes. (And then they need a nap - both maids and cows.) 0.3% 0.3% 97.5 N.A. N.A.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
February 2nd, 2017
Today's Question - Alan hosted a charity luncheon. The total ticket sale was $9,540.00 and the attendance was between 70 and 100 people. If everyone paid the same amount, how much was each ticket and how many people came. (Hint: The ticket cost is in dollars - no cents.) Cashin’s Comments February 2, 2017 Page 3 of 3
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Answer - Given that the tickets are in even dollars, then each ticket cost $106 and 90 folks showed up.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
February 1st, 2017
Today's Question - Find the word that links each of the others. Example: silver; table, fed, bread = spoon 1) 2) 3) 4) bold; lift; about; type = boy; ding; brick; cricket = lance; spirit; germ; admission = empire; delight; taffy; towel = Cashin’s Comments February 1, 2017 Page 3 of 3
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Answer to more word links -1) bold; lift; about; type = Face; 2) boy; ding; brick; cricket = Bat; 3) lance; spirit; germ; admission = Free 4) empire; delight; taffy; towel = TurkishDoesn't match Missing info Like question
January 31st, 2017
Today's Question - Happy Birthday! Bob is 33 years old today. That is three times as old as Nick was when Bob was the age that Nick is today. How old is Nick?
January 27th, 2017
Today's Question - You have nine seemingly identical rare coins. But you are told one coin is short weight. How can you find the light coin in two weighings? (You only have a balance scale.) NO COMMENTS MONDAY Cashin’s Comments January 27, 2017 Page 3 of 3
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Answer - Finding the short weight coin - divide the 9 coins into 3 sets of 3 coins (A, B, C). Weigh A versus B. If they balance, the short coin is in "C" (if they don\'t balance, the problem coin is in the lighter set). Having identified the problem set, weigh two of those coins. If they balance, it\'s the third coin.Doesn't match Missing info Like question