October 15th, 2015
Today's Question - Ho-Ho-Kus Airlines have started a new short haul service. In their first 5 flights they carried 500 passengers. The first two flights totaled 190 passengers. The second and third had 155 total. The third and fourth had 210 while the fourth and fifth were most successful with 225 altogether. How many passengers on Flight number 3?
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Answer - There were 85 passengers on Flight #3. (Subtract the combinations that did not include Flight 3 data October 16, 2015 Page 3 of 3 from 500 to get 85.)Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 14th, 2015
Today's Question - I know a young woman who is twice as old as her brother and half as old as her father. In 22 years her brother will be half as old as his father. How old is the young lady now?
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Answer - The young woman is 22 years old. (Dad = 44; Brother = 11).Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 13th, 2015
Today's Question - What U.S. States border the St. Lawrence River? Cashin’s Comments October 13, 2015 Page 4 of 4
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Answer - There is only one state that borders the St. Lawrence. That state is New York!Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 12th, 2015
Today's Question - The Brawling Brady Bunch - A widower with kids married a widow with kids and jointly they had more kids. By their ninth anniversary there were a total of 12 kids altogether. Unfortunately, at the anniversary mom ran in and yelled to dad - come quick, your kids and my kids are fighting with our kids." How many kids in each category?
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Answer - The Brawling Bradys - (Our compliments to those who got the answer by quadratic equation and those who got it by the lateral logic reduction process. The rest of us mortals got it the old grammar school way.) However you got it, obviously the answer was they each brought 3 kids to the marriage, they jointly had 6 more. (The age groupings hardly make it seem a fair fight, however.)Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 9th, 2015
Today's Question - From a simpler time - In order to get Reggie to study math better, his mom offered to give him 8 cents for every problem he got right and take back 5 cents for every wrong answer. At the end of 26 problems, neither owed the other any money. How many problems did Reggie get right?
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Answer \xe2\x80\x93 Reggie managed to get ten problems correct. He might have done better but he was working on his backyard keg garden.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 8th, 2015
Today's Question - Digging back into his copy of the Bernie Crocker cookbook, Paul is bringing sandwiches to watch the game at a pal’s house, 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 Paul has left plus half a sandwich. Paul then discovers the bag is empty. How many sandwiches did he start with? Cashin’s Comments October 8, 2015 Page 3 of 3
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Answer \xe2\x80\x93 Paul started with 7 sandwiches. The first bully took half (3.5) plus half a sandwich (.5) which makes 4 in all. Etc., etc. \x0c Cashin\xe2\x80\x99s Comments October 9, 2015 Page 3 of 3Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 7th, 2015
Today’s Question – Gary and his cronies had just settled in to watch the baseball playoffs when someone lost the bottle opener. The mood turned ugly so Gary posed the following problem – What is the lowest (fewest) number of pitches a pitcher can throw in a regulation ballgame (no rain outs, extra innings, just regulation). There are two possible answers but only one is fewest. Can you help quiet the crowd with an answer?
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Answer - Da boys decided it was 27 pitches. That would be true if you were the winning pitcher. But if you were on the visiting team and you lost, the answer would be 25, since the winning home team would not bat in the bottom of the ninth. Thus\xe2\x80\xa6..24 put outs through eight innings and one home run to give you the loss.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 6th, 2015
Today's Question - I know what I wrote - Bob called up the hardware store for a piece of chain for a fence. When he got it home, he realized the clerk had switched the inches for feet and vice versa. The result was a chain that was only 30% as long as the one he had ordered. How long was the original and how long was the one he got?
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Answer - "Unchained Malady" - the original chain length would be "9 feet, 2 inches." The length he got was "2 feet, 9 inches."Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 5th, 2015
Today's Question - A salesman is due into Squeedunk on the 5:00 p.m. train. He calls ahead for the hotel car to meet him at the station. But he catches the train before and arrives at 4:00 p.m. He starts walking to the hotel and is met by the car on the way. He gets to the hotel 20 minutes earlier than he originally was scheduled. How long did he walk?
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Answer - (Okay get the envelopes ready for the hate mail - the followers of Pyrrho of Elis won't buy this!) The time he saved has everything to do with taxi time. Since the cab met him part way and took him back part way - and it saved 20 minutes - that means the cab met him 10 minutes from the hotel. So he must have walked for 50 minutes.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 2nd, 2015
Today's Question - Birds fly, bees fly, but what is the only mammal that can fly??
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Answer - The only mammal that can fly is "the bat." Nice try to - "Dumbo the Elephant" and "Superman"!Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 1st, 2015
Today's Question - Back in the old neighborhood, Bobby, Timmy and Tony would occasionally let girls hang out. One of the girls, Sallie, fancied herself a word wizard and would often annoy the boys with them. Her favorite was - "Do you know a 14 letter word that starts with "A" and ends with "Y" and is often associated with arrangements." Can you solve this so the boys can get back to handicapping?
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Answer - The 14 letter word that is often associated with arrangements is: "Alphabetically".Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 30th, 2015
Today's Question - How many time zones are there in North America?
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Answer - There are 8 time zones in North America: Newfoundland, Atlantic, Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific, Yukon, Alaskan.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 29th, 2015
Today's Question - "Are you serious?" - The following letters represent a series. What letter do you think comes next? I, O, V, F, X, T, L, F, M, __?
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Answer - The series was an alternating of Roman numerals and English names of numbers as in: I, One, V, Five. So the missing letter was T for Thousand.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 28th, 2015
Today's Question - If yesterday was Monday's tomorrow and tomorrow is Friday's yesterday, what day is it today? 195K 5.1% 34.6 hrs. 0.2% -1.3% Cashin’s Comments September 28, 2015 Page 3 of 4
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\x0c Cashin\xe2\x80\x99s Comments September 29, 2015 Page 3 of 3 Answer - The day would be Wednesday.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 25th, 2015
Today's Question - What number logically should begin this series: __, 9, 16, 25, 36
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Answer - The number should be 4 which is the square of 2: 4, 9, 16, 25, 36.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 24th, 2015
Today’s Question - John walked along the beach highway from Avalon to Stone Harbor. The distance was 5 miles and he walked at a steady two miles per hour. During his walk, 40 buses passed him from behind and fifty passed him coming from Stone Harbor. What was the average speed of the buses?
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\x0c Cashin\xe2\x80\x99s Comments September 25, 2015 Page 3 of 3 Answer - The average bus speed would be 18 mph. If you assume the busses ran at regular intervals, the deciding factor is the speed of the walker (2 mph), which allows him to meet 10 more busses than pass him. The solution can be found by algebra or common sense. The common sense might take up 12 pages, so here is the algebra: 50 (X-2) = 40 (X+2) which results in 18 as the value of "x" and thus the average speed of the bus.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 23rd, 2015
Today’s Question - Despite his reputation, Alfred Hitchcock directed only one movie that won an Academy Award for "Best Picture." What was the movie and who played the title role?
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Answer - Hitchcock\'s only "Best Picture" award came for "Rebecca" and the title role was played by - "nobody" - Rebecca was simply depicted on screen in the portrait of the late wife who was dead throughout the picture.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 22nd, 2015
Today's Question –For a house party, Danny had to drop a keg off at his friend's home. On the way there, he made great time - 50 mph. On the way back, due to congestion, he made 30 mph. Assuming just travel time, what was his average speed?
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Answer - Danny's average speed for the trip was: 37 1/2 m.p.h.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 21st, 2015
Today's Question - "I got "u" Babe!" What is the longest common English/American word without an A,E,I,O,U. (Hint - 6 letters) 3.7% N.A. 55.5 87.1 Cashin’s Comments September 21, 2015 Page 4 of 4
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Answer - The 6 letter word with no A,E,I,O, or U was (or is) Rhythm and you could add an "s" to make it Rhythms.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 18th, 2015
Today's Question - "Quick - send me a Girl Scout with a calculator." Clarence, the night-time manager of Ye Olde Cookie Shoppe has pre-packed boxes of assorted cookies. There are 16 pound boxes and 17 pound boxes and boxes of 23, 24, 39 and 40 pounds. A client comes in and asks for 100 pounds of cookies. Without breaking up any boxes, how close can Clarence come?
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Answer - If Clarence piled up four boxes of 17 pounds and two boxes of 16 pounds, the client would have exactly 100 pounds of cookies.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 17th, 2015
Today's Question - What am I - Karnak? The commuter train card game blew up when the deck turned out to have only 30 cards. Shifting to parapsychology, the boys played "guess the color of the next card" awarding 10 points for each "correct" and no penalty for wrong. They went through the deck, shuffled and went through it 2 more times. Amazingly, there were 45 correct guesses (marked deck I suspect). Anyway, Wally's score was 55% of Sal's total. Wally and Larry together scored 25% more than Sal. How many "right" guesses did each one get??
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Answer - Sal guessed 20 cards right. Wally got 14 and Larry got 11. Maybe you guessed already, Larry usually loses the regular game.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 16th, 2015
Today's Question - Choosing up sides - The boss asked his workmen for job estimates. Carl said that he and Bob can do the job in 10 days, but he and Art could do it in 9 days. Art said - "oh yeah! Gimme Bob and we'll do it in 8 days. "How long would it take each one working alone?
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Answer - We hope these guys had time clocks - The project would be completed by Art in 14 and 34/49ths days; by Bob in 17 and 23/41sts days and by Carl in 23 and 7/31sts days.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 15th, 2015
Today’s Question - "Be careful Dr. Frankenstein" - There's a six letter animal that becomes a different four letter animal when you remove "VE". Also, an eight letter animal becomes a five letter animal when you slip out ONG. What are they?
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Answer - If you take the VE out of a BEAVER, you get a BEAR. And, if you remove the ONG from a MONGOOSE, you end up with a MOOSE.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 14th, 2015
Today’s Question - In 1900, Americans were polled as to their favorite book. The winner was “the Bible”. What book ranked second in the 1900 poll?
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Answer - The book that ran second to the Bible in 1900 was \xe2\x80\x93 The Sears, Roebuck Catalogue.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 11th, 2015
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, T, P, W". (It must be the same 3-letter word throughout.) Cashin’s Comments September 11, 2015 Page 5 of 5
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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