Today's Question - Let's make a deal - Bob the Bridge Junkie deals three cards face down from a well shuffled deck. To the right of a King there are one or two Queens. To the left of a Queen there are one or two Queens. To the left of a Heart there are one or two Spades. To the right of a Spade there are one or two Spades. What are the three cards?

Today's Question - Step aside please! - One of these words is different from the others, which one is it? (A little tricky.) "Divide, Orator, Avenue, Animal, Safari"

Today's Question - It's in the bag - An eccentric trader took his $1,000 bonus to the bank. He asked the teller to place the dollars in a series of sealed bags so that he could later ask for any amount from 1 to 1,000 and get it without opening any bag. What is the smallest number of bags he would need and what amounts would in each bag?

Today's Question - You're hard boiling your Easter eggs for coloring. Someone comes to the door. When you get back to the kitchen, you forget which are raw and which are hard boiled. How can you easily tell? Notice There will be No Comments Monday And I may be absent also  Cashin’s Comments April 1, 2015 Page 4 of 5  Cashin’s Comments April 1, 2015 Page 5 of 5

Today’s Question - A seasonal repeat - Who or what determines when Easter falls each year? (Hint: It is based on Passover so you get bonus points for answering both.)

Today’s Question - I'm next! What number should come next in the following series (and why)? 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, __?  Cashin’s Comments March 30, 2015 Page 4 of 4

Today's Question - State your case! We hope you know the names of the 50 states. But do you know how they got those names? We'll give you a clue, based on conventional data, and you tell us the state. (Number of letters in parens.) A) This state, west of the Mississippi, was named for the redness of its river. (8) B) This state's name comes from the Chippewa word for Great Water. (8) No Comments Friday Wonder Woman on Special Mission  Cashin’s Comments March 26, 2015 Page 4 of 4

Today's Question - Take the shortcut - The Yukon River flows 2400 to the sea. How far away from the sea is it where it starts (within 50 miles)?

Today's Question - Murray the Master Meatloaf Maker was whipping up some of his famous "mini-loafs" for a card game ("Smoker's Poker"). He usually made enough so that each player got three. But today he absentmindedly made more. So, when Pick and Little Simple Shoo made a surprise appearance, there was still enough. Leaving Murray out of the equation, now each person got two. How many mini-loafs did Murray make and how many smokers were originally invited?

Today's Question - Timmy ignored the advice of his mentor Danny and went to an NCAA - March Madness Party with an armful of brown bottles. To his pal Anthony he gives half the bottles he has plus a half bottle. Next, to his buddy Bernie, he gives half the bottles he has left plus half a bottle. Realizing that he can't live on his personality he then gives half of what he has left plus half a bottle to his protector - Last Call. Timmy then realizes he is out of brown bottles. How many bottles did Tim start with??  Cashin’s Comments March 23, 2015 Page 4 of 4

Today’s Question - Timmy went into a store and said "I'll buy that calculator for $10 if you lend me as much money as I have in my pocket. The clerk lent him the money and Timmy gave him $10 cash. He went to the next store and bought a $10 cap using the same gambit. Then he bought a $10 umbrella with the same strategy. When he paid for the umbrella, he had no money left. How much did he start out with??

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? We take this opportunity to wish you - A Happy St. Joseph's Day. And, if those of you blessed with Italian ancestry don't mind, the rest of us may share a sfingi or a cannoli or maybe even a (In my old neighborhood some celebrants would contend that "Devil Dogs" were the Irish cannoli.) zeppole. Buona Festa Di San Giuseppe! There Will Be No Comments on Thursday Continuing Education

Today's Question - Real men don't ask directions - Bob's trip took two hours. In the last half, he drove 10 mph faster than the first half. The second hour of the trip, he drove 8 miles further than the first hour. How far did Bob drive??

Today's Question = One of the word play games often seen is the "word ladder". In these games you move one letter at a time to get to a new word in a specific number of steps. Each step must be a common word. (Example: To go from "sick" to "well" in 4 moves you might go - "sick", "silk", "sill", "sell", "well".) A) Can you go from "Bird" to "Nest" in 5 moves. B) Can you go from "Coal" to "Mine" in 6 moves.

Today's Question - Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13. If you are not afraid perhaps you can think of 2 integers (whole numbers, not fractions) which can be multiplied to yield 13. Do you know what these numbers are? (Hint: they are two different numbers.)

Today's Question - "I'll follow you anywhere!" What number is next in this series: "2, 5, 12, 27, 58, 121, ____?

Today's Question - Al and Bill are amateur speechwriters. Together they can write a decent speech in 24 hours. If Al can only create two thirds as fast as Bill how long would it take each to write a speech alone? 0.3% 0.1% 95.6 Cashin’s Comments March 9, 2015 Page 3 of 4 No Comments Tuesday – Medical Stuff

Today's Question - Gene gave Burt 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?"

Today's Question – Those malcontent intellectuals are arguing about the number of packages they've been assigned to carry. Sal, the older, says "Paulie, if I took one of your packages I'd have twice as many as you. But if you took one of my packages we'd both be even.” How many does each have now?

Today's Question - And, they never played football either. There are nine U.S. President who never attended college. Can you name all nine? 225K 5.6% 0.2% 34.6 hrs. -$41.88 $15B  Cashin’s Comments March 2, 2015 Page 4 of 4

Today's Question - Welcome to Bailley Normal Prep!" Coach Sullivan welcomed his 3 new scholar athletes with this question - How many players do we have on the Varsity Football squad? One guessed 41, the 2nd guessed 34 and the 3rd reversed those numbers and said "43". Coach Sullivan grunted and said - "One of you was off by 6, another by 1 and another by 3". What was the correct number??

Today's Question (Trickery Here!) - Can you write down 5 odd figures that add up to "14"? (Each number is odd.)

Today's Question - "Go Fish" - Dick and Billy are on the road with an evening to kill. They decide to play a card game but since they're close with a buck, they play for $1 per game. At the end of the evening, Billy had won 3 games and Dick had won $3. How many games did they play?? 2.1% 58.7 94.0 2.0% N.A. No Comments Tuesday – Wonder Woman on Special Mission

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Today's Question - Time on my hands - Teddy Gee and Jackie Dee, two great athletes, decide to have a race. The distance is 3 miles. Jackie runs half the time needed then walks the rest. Teddy runs half the distance then walks the rest. Who gets to the finish line first?