October 12th, 2016
Today's Question - Are you ready to run a hedge fund? What number is one half of one quarter of one tenth of 400?
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Answer - The 50 coins that would add up to a dollar are: "40 pennies; 8 nickels and 2 dimes."Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 11th, 2016
Today's Question - 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 = 1 - Put the appropriate plus or minus signs between each number, in the correct places, so that the sum total will equal 1.
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Answer - The way we learned it the series went like this: 0+1+2-3-4+5+6-7-8+9 = 1. There are probably more combos but that's the one we know.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 10th, 2016
Today's Question - Please rank these titles from high to low: Viscount, Earl, Duke, Marquis, Baron.
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Answer - The letters "HCPRAATEU" unscramble to become - parachute - something we can all use these days. \x0c Cashin\xe2\x80\x99s Comments October 11, 2016 Page 4 of 4Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 7th, 2016
Today's Question - Unscramble the following word: "HCPRAATEU".
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Answer - The letters "HCPRAATEU" unscramble to become - parachute - something we can all use these days.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 6th, 2016
Today's Question - "Stringing me along" - Bob was planting some vines in the yard. To support them he erected two poles. One was 6 feet 6 inches high and the other 7 feet 7 inches high. He ran a string from the top of each pole to the base of the other. How high off the ground was the spot where the strings crossed?
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Answer - Most folks came close with 42 and 4 teenies inches (half the height of the two poles). The correct answer is 42 inches. (The formula: multiply the heights of the poles and divide by the sum of the heights.)Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 5th, 2016
Today's Question - How is your father's only brother's wife's only brother-in-law related to you?
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Answer - The person in question would be your father.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 4th, 2016
Today's Question – A man buys two cigars for a total of $1.10. One cigar costs one dollar more than the other. What is the price of each cigar?
September 25th, 2016
Today's Question - You have a bag with 81 marbles, which are of 9 different colors. There are 9 marbles of each color (blue, yellow, red, etc.). What is the smallest number of marbles you must pull from the bag to be sure of having 3 blue marbles?
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Answer - Missouri and Tennessee are the two states that each touch eight other states.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 23rd, 2016
Today's Question - (and it's a touching one). There are two states that each touch on 8 other states - name these two. NO COMMENTS MONDAY
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Answer - the progression: 8, 5, 4, 9, 1, 7, 6, 3, 2, 0 is in order - alphabetical order Eight, Five, Four, Nine, One, etc. to Zero.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 22nd, 2016
Today’s Question - The Parsimonious Printer - A printer needed to buy special italic capital letters for a special order, which required that he print forms for individual months. Assuming that the letters were moveable and reusable and that he printed each month separately and in turn could reuse those letters for the next month, what is the smallest number of letters he would buy and what are they? (Hint: January needs two "A's".)
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Answer - He would need 27 letters (AABCDEEEFGHIJLMNOOPRRSTUUVY).Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 21st, 2016
Today's Question - Backwards/Forwards - Palindromes read the same way backwards & forwards "OTTO", "NOON", "RADAR". Can you figure these: A couple of Bart Simpsons (2 words, 4, 5) / Admission of a pastry pusher (three words, 8, 1, 8)
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Answer - The palindromic riddles were: A) Star Brats - B) Desserts I stressed.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 20th, 2016
Today's Question - He gave us a hero who swung from jungle vines, had a chimp for a pal and married a girl named Jane. This author also founded an American town whose name you may have heard on various game shows. What town is it?
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Answer - The American city founded by Tarzan's creator (Edgar Rice Burroughs) was - naturally - Tarzana, California.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 19th, 2016
Today's Question - I can complete that - What 3 letter word can be placed behind each of these letters to make a new 4 letter word - "B, C, F, G, H, M, P, W"? (It must be the same 3-letter word throughout.)
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Answer - The 3-letter word that fits behind each of the letters to make a 4-letter word is: "All".Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 16th, 2016
Today's Question - Dick has adopted a school in the inner city. Each month he provides a certain amount of money to be divided among the students who make the honor roll. One of the students computed that if there were 5 less honor students next month, the remainder would each get $2 more. Instead there were 4 more students resulting in a $1 cut. How many students were on the honor roll and how much does Dick distribute each month?
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Answer - The number of students on the honor roll in the earlier month was 20. Thus if there were 5 less, each would get $2 more but there came 4 more resulting in a $1 cut. Those are the only numbers that yield the results. (20 x $6 = $120) (15 x $8 = $120) and (24 x $5 = $120) So we see that $120 per month comes from Dick.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 15th, 2016
Today’s Question – Elwood is working on his GED. In "language" he finds this problem - There is a seven letter word that would suggest the location of something that can be neither seen nor located. But put a space after one of the letters and you'll have two words suggesting the thing is right where you are at this moment. Help Elwood find the answer.
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Answer - The seven letter word was "Nowhere" which became "Now Here." \x0c Cashin\xe2\x80\x99s Comments September 16, 2016 Page 3 of 3Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 13th, 2016
Today's Question - Mathematical progressions - the following series of numbers form a logical progression (tricky - be careful):
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Answer - This was a tough one for the smart people who figured the logical answer couldn\'t be right and that there was some magic formula. "Sure" was the operative word. The only way you could be sure there were 3 blue marbles was to pick 75 marbles.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 9th, 2016
Today's Question - An ancient Roman Puzzle - "Start with five hundred, end with five hundred just five in the middle will be. Between them shall be a first of numbers and of letters to give ye the name of a great king." Who is it? • -2, 4, -12, 48, -240, ___ / 1440 (multiply by -2, -3, -4, -5, etc.) • 3, 7, 15, ___, 63, 127 / 31 (double previous and add one) NO COMMENTS MONDAY Cashin’s Comments September 9, 2016 Page 4 of 4
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Answer - The great king of the ancient Roman puzzle was: "David". It all becomes easy when you remember your Roman numerals (500 = D; 5 = V; 1 = I).Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 8th, 2016
Today's Question Fill in these blanks:
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Answer - \xe2\x80\xa2 0, 0, 1, 2, 2, 4, 3, 6, 4, ___ / 8 (alternating series 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 0, 2, 4, 6)Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 7th, 2016
Today's Question – A man buys two cigars for a total of $1.10. One cigar costs one dollar more than the other. What is the price of each cigar?
September 2nd, 2016
Today's Question - Did you say strategy or stragedy? Jack and Magic are stuck waiting for a car. They kill time with a new game. Each writes down a single letter of the alphabet. Each player may then begin asking the other questions about the others choice. The questions must be answerable "yes" or "no". If you get a "no" the other guy starts his turn till he gets a "no". First guy to guess the other guys letter gets $100. What is the best questioning strategy that Jack should adopt to help him beat the Great Gamesman, Magic? NO COMMENTS TUESDAY Cashin’s Comments September 2, 2016 Page 3 of 3
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Answer - Jack\'s best strategy may seem boring but it is effective. He should begin by asking Magic if Magic\'s letter comes after "A" in the alphabet. Assuming he gets a yes, he asks the same question with after "B". So the first time he gets a "no" he has zeroed in on the letter and should win on his next turn.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
August 31st, 2016
Today's Question - What word in group "B" would best fit in group "A" (A) Land, cast, board, all, rate, charge (B) Smell, touch, taste, sight, vision, future
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Answer - Even though Lizzie couldn't figure it out, we're sure you did. The weight of the unmarked mozzarella has to be a factor of the number 32. Given the other conditions we discover that the weight is 8 pounds.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
August 30th, 2016
Today's Question - Assume a trazazoa reproduces every day by splitting in two - so that on day one (D1) there is one and day two (D2) there are 2 and D3 = 4 and D4 = 8 etc. So....in 30 days, if you started with one, they would fill up a box. How many days quicker could you fill the box if you started with two trazazoa?
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Answer - If you started with two trazazoa, you would save one day (since you were in that situation on Day two).Doesn't match Missing info Like question
August 29th, 2016
Today's Question - Politics isn't the only thing that makes strange bedfellows, sometimes language does. What words contain these rather unusual letter sets: A) XOP B) WKW?
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Answer - The words we found with those odd letter groupings were: saxophone and awkward.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
August 24th, 2016
Today's Question - There is an 8 letter word for a type of fuel which can have its letters rearranged into 2 four letter verbs that are opposites. What are the 3 words? No Comments Thursday and Friday
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Answer - The fuel was "gasoline" and it contains the 4 letter opposites "gain" and "lose".Doesn't match Missing info Like question
August 23rd, 2016
Today's Question - Jim needs a ruler but only has a stick 13 inches long. Using a ruler painted on a wall, Jim marks the ruler at the 1, 2, 6, 10 inch positions. Now his stick will measure any whole number of inches up to 13. If the stick were 36 inches long, where would you put marks to measure any number of whole inches from 1 through 36? (Use the fewest marks possible.) There will No Comments Thursday and Friday Early Warning
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Answer - On a 36 inch stick, the marks would go at the following "inch locations": 1, 3, 6, 13, 20, 27, 31, 35Doesn't match Missing info Like question