Today’s Question – Lenny had to make a courtesy call to town on Saturday. He arranged for a car to pick him up at home, take him to town and then return him home. Paul who lives exactly halfway to town asked if he could go along. Lenny picked up Paul enroute and dropped him back on the way home. Assuming the price to Lenny for the car was $150 (and the “waiting time” was free), what should Paul’s share of the cost be? (Be careful, 75% of folks get this wrong.)

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?

Today's Question - A clockwork orange - er.....make that an anagram. Image the face of a clock as a 6 slice pizza (one slice every two hours starting at noon). Starting at the first slice (noon to 2:00) insert the following series clockwise: A, N, __, U, R, B. Two different letters may be put in the blank slice to form 2 different words (start anywhere, but work clockwise).

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. May 19, 2015 Page 3 of 3

Today's Question - Follow that car - Sal is on his way to the Staten Island IBA convention. As is his custom he drives at a constant speed. A short while after starting he passes a milepost with a two digit number. Exactly one hour later he passes another milepost with the same two digits, but reversed. Exactly one hour after that he passes another milepost with the same digits in the original order but separated by a zero. What is the speed of Sal's car?

Today's Question - I'm thinking of a two digit number. Its right hand digit is the square root of the number itself. In fact, now that I think of it, there are two such two digit numbers. Can you guess both?

Today’s Question - In the acquisitive Nursery Rhyme "The Farmer in the Dell" beside the farmer there are a total of seven people or objects mentioned. What are they??

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?

Today's Question - The Dean of Men Students called at the Fractious Frat House. Someone had taken three gallons of grain alcohol. He questioned Scotty, Lefty, and Bucky. Lefty said Bucky did it. Bucky said he was innocent. Scotty said it was not him. Moose, the leader of the frat house told the Dean that only one of the three was telling the truth. If Moose is right, who stole the alcohol?

Today's Question - "You've got that backward" - There's a 7 letter word that's a synonym for "freeloaded" or "washed" that has each of its letters in reverse alphabetical order. (No letter repeated.) Can you guess what it is?

Today's Question - Magic was killing some time shuffling cards (after the close, of course). He peeled out a "club" set (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ace). He laid out these cards in a set 3 x 3 so that each row horizontally or vertically added up to "15". (Hint: the ace is a "1".) Can you match Magic's magic?

Today's Question - Something to buzz about. A portable hive of bees was driven near a meadow. When released, one-fifth went toward the heather; one-third toward goldenrod; while three times the difference between those numbers went for the buttercups; leaving one undecided bee to buzz about. How many bees were in the mobile hive?  Cashin’s Comments May 4, 2015 Page 4 of 4

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.

Today's Question - Word wobbles - the following are palindromes (spelled the same backward and forward, like "Madam" and "Otto". 1) Not sloping (5 letters); 2) A mechanical part that moves something in a circle (7 letters); 3) Males and females (5 letters).

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 - 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?

Today's Question - Alphabet strings - What's represented here - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N o p Q R S T U V W x Y Z "Happy 11th Anniversary to Lou & Mary"

Today's Question - A goofy garage sale - Little Bob is going to a school garage sale. The items range in price from a penny to a dollar. There are 100 items, each priced differently in pennies, but you must pay exact change. What is the smallest number of coins Bob must take from the coin jar to be sure to have the exact change for any one of the items?

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?

Today's Question - "Can" you do this? Can you make 15 words with "CAN" as the base? (Example using "MAT" = Mate; Match; Matted; etc.) Without using either plurals or tense changes, can you make 15 using the least number of letters?

Today's Question - Emil runs the county wine press, squeezing grapes for the neighbors. As a fee he keeps 10% of fluid from each pressing. So, this morning, Bob thanked Emil and left with a 50 gallon drum from his squeezing. What was Emil's share?

Today's Question - Max spent all his money in five stores. In each store, he spent $1 more than half of what he had when he came in. How much did Max have when he entered the first store?

Today's Question - A man goes into a post office, hands a dollar to the clerk, and says give me some 2 cent stamps, ten times as many 1 cents stamps and the balance in 5 cent stamps. How many of each did he get??

Today's Question - What special property do the following words have in common? FIRST, CALMNESS, CANOPY, LAUGHING, STUPID, HIJACK, DEFT.

Today’s Question - What number should come next in this series (and why)? A) 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, __; B) 1, 2, 4, 7, __