Bonus Bucks Answers Friday, November 28

Question: In our Spirits of the Holidays slideshow, how does Gary Vaynerchuk describe Connemara Irish Single Malt?
the Scotch drinker's Irish ---> CORRECT ANSWER!
tad more oak than the Woodford
tastes primarily of oak and caramel
really picks up the peat

Question 2: Which strategist told CNBC on Wednesday that investors ought to start buying into the 2009 recovery surge?
Randall Eley of The Edgar Lomax Co.
Nick Massey of Householder Group
Prof. Bjorn Hanson of the Tisch Center
Allen Sinai of Decision Economics ---> CORRECT ANSWER!

Question 3: At the Financial Follies this year, how much did water cost during the cocktail hour?
$6 ---> CORRECT ANSWER!
$11
free with a dinner voucher
water not available

Question 4: In Daryl Guppy's blog post about "Identifying Capitulation", what World War II metaphor does he use for the market?
Pearl Harbor
D-Day
Stuka dive bomber ---> CORRECT ANSWER!
U-boat wolf pack

Market closes early today (1pm EST). Come back Monday for the next lot of bonus bucks questions!

Bonus Bucks Answers Wednesday, November 26

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There were no bonus bucks questions. This is what CNBC had to say:

"Because trivia questions were not available on Wednesday, November 26, $12,000 CNBC Bonus Bucks will be credited to your account. The bonus bucks will count towards your final portfolio value for Week 2 of Trading. "

Bonus Bucks Answers Tuesday, November 25

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Question 1: Which strategist told CNBC Monday that Citigroup's common stock "was toast"?

Tobias Levkovich
Jim Hardesty
David Darst
Christopher Whalen --> CORRECT ANSWER

Question 2: According to Jon Najarian's Nov. 24 Stock Blog post, how far is Nucor stock off its summertime high?
down 70% --> CORRECT ANSWER
down $25.25
down 8%
none of the above

Question 3: How long has Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal been a Citigroup shareholder?
since it was First Natl. City Bank
since the Reagan Administration
more than 18 years --> CORRECT ANSWER
more than 21 years

Question 4: According to the feature, Holiday Shopping with Deflated Stocks, what could you buy with a share of Microsoft?
10 lb. Butterball turkey --> CORRECT ANSWER
10-megapixel camera
5 lbs. of yams
Chutes & Ladders game

Question 5: Fast Money's Dylan Ratigan appeared on The View, he used what metaphor to explain vanished credit?
money heaven --> CORRECT ANSWER
credit limbo
financial purgatory
money Narnia

Question 6: Which bank stocks does Peter Sorrentino of Huntington Asset Advisors see in a "huge" 2009 rally?
Citigroup
Bank of America
Wells Fargo --> CORRECT ANSWER
All of the above

Weekly Bonus Bucks Answer

Publicly traded companies release earnings?

Weekly
Monthly
Quarterly --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Yearly

See post below for today's daily bonus bucks trivia answers.

Bonus Bucks Answers Monday, November 24

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Question 1: When does Mike Duke effectively take the CEO post at Walmart?
Feb. 1, 2009 --> CORRECT ANSWER
Jan. 1, 2009
Jan. 30, 2009
Dec. 31, 2008

Question 2: Which central banker told CNBC Friday that his peers seek a "new world order"?
UAE's Sultan Bin Nasser al-Suwaidi
ECB's Jean-Claude Trichet
Brazil's Henrique De Campos Meirelles --> CORRECT ANSWER
None of the above

Question 3: Which super-investor told the Fast Money team Thursday that the dollar is going to drop "like a stone"?
George Soros
Sam Zell
Peter Schiff --> CORRECT ANSWER
Wilbur Ross

Question 4: What nightmarish phrase did Pimco's Mohammed El-Erian use to warn bank investors?
"the boogeyman"
"shareholder armageddon"
"the unthinkable" --> CORRECT ANSWER
"equity apocalypse"

Question 5: Which strategist told CNBC Friday, "All financials will be owned by the U.S. government in a year"?
Hugh Hendry --> CORRECT ANSWER
Jim Rogers
Peter Schiff
Marc Faber

Question 6: In Allen Wastler's Nov. 20 blog post, who is the first possible Treasury Secretary candidate he names?
Sheila Bair
Paul Volcker
Jon Corzine
Timothy Geithner --> CORRECT ANSWER

Bonus Bucks Answers Friday, November 21

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Question 1: According to Julia Boorstin, how much revenue did China Central TV's primetime ad space auction yield?

nearly $1.4 billion -->CORRECT ANSWER
$35 billion
11% over last year
10% over last year

Question 2: What disaster did Jim Paulsen of Wells Capital Management say "we've created" this week?

socialist hydra
credit crisis, the sequel
S&P death spiral
TARP crisis No. 2 -->CORRECT ANSWER

Question 3: Jim Cramer said HP's Q4 pre-announcement yielded no "pin action." Who did he say could have benefited from that action?

Intel
Cisco
Corning
all of the above -->CORRECT ANSWER

Question 4: Which investor said Thursday that they'd raise their Citigroup stake by 1%?

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
Saudi Prince Alwaleed -->CORRECT ANSWER
Warren Buffett
Wilbur Ross

Question 5: Which strategist told CNBC there won't be a bottom 'til Valentine's Day?

Tobias Levkovich of Citigroup
Jeffrey Kleintop of LPL Financial
Bob Doll of BlackRock -->CORRECT ANSWER
David Darst of Morgan Stanley

Question 6: On Thursday, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway lost 48.1% from its all-time high. Where did it close?

at $77,500 a share -->CORRECT ANSWER
down $8,700 from Wed.
a new 4-year low
all of the above

Have a great weekend!!

Bonus Bucks Answers Thursday, November 20

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Question 1: According to our Big Budget Events slideshow, how much did the Louisiana Purchase cost in today's dollars?
$217 billion -->CORRECT ANSWER!
$7.9 billion
One dollar, as a technicality
$782 million

Question 2: On the day KISS frontman Gene Simmons rang NYSE's opening bell, whose employees rang Nasdaq's bell?
Rambus -->CORRECT ANSWER!
Texas Instruments
SanDisk
Hynix Semiconductor

Question 3: According to Jeffrey Saut of Raymond James, when did the market bottom?
late summer
on the 3rd day of triple-digit loss
Oct. 10 -->CORRECT ANSWER!
it hasn't

Question 4: What did Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell say is the solution to marine pirate attacks?
a holistic approach -->CORRECT ANSWER!
kindness and understanding
all the navies in the world
a lot more weapons

Question 5: In Jim Cramer's Wednesday Lightning Round OT, which stocks did the Mad Money man praise?
DryShips
Sierra Pacific Resources
British Petroleum -->CORRECT ANSWER!
all of the above

Question 6: According to research firm IDC, global info tech spending will grow by how much in 2009?
5.9%
0.9%
4.2%
2.6% --> CORRECT ANSWER

Bonus Bucks Answers Wednesday, November 19

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Question 1: On Nov. 17, which ag stock did Pete Najarian praise for its "phenomenal pipeline"?
Archer Daniels Midland
Monsanto -->CORRECT ANSWER!
Mosaic
All of the above

Question 2: In Tuesday's "CEOs Sound Off", which chief executives gave CNBC their outlooks?
Jim Owens of Caterpillar
Thomas Farrell of Dominion Resources
Sir Martin Sorrell of the WPP Group
All of the above -->CORRECT ANSWER!

Question 3: What does Click Capital Research's Colin Gillis fear about investing in Yahoo?
the wait for a new CEO -->CORRECT ANSWER!
tech sector uncertainty in general
its "moribund" search
layoffs won't be enough

Question 4: On Tuesday, analyst Tina Vital offered CNBC her oil stock picks. Which company is on her 4-star list?
Exxon Mobil
Chevron
Marathon Oil -->CORRECT ANSWER!
All of the above

Question 5: How much of ConocoPhillips did Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway hold, as of Sept. 30?
17.5 million shares
84 million shares -->CORRECT ANSWER!
59.7 million shares
none of the above

Question 6: According to Daryl Guppy, what sort of traders use a "pump and dump" strategy?
desperate individuals -->CORRECT ANSWER!
irresponsible scoundrels
slick operators
near suicidal

Bonus Bucks Answers Tuesday, November 18

Come back later in the day for answers to all of today's trivia questions (bonus bucks).

Question 1: According to the Stock Blog post, Options Action: Dangerous Videogame Play, what must happen for the break-even trade?

stock must drop more than 9%
stock must drop more than 8% --> CORRECT ANSWER!!
stock must return to mid-April highs
stock must hold steady

Question 2: In Friday's Stop Trading! segment, Trouble for Coal, Jim Cramer said which energy stock has a "double whammy"?

Peabody
Arch Coal
Exxon
Kinder Morgan --> CORRECT ANSWER!!

Question 3: In the Stock Blog post, Five Stocks to Fight The Recession, how does Manuel Schiffres label Pfizer?

Dull as aspirin
Dirt-cheap
Not going out of business
All of the above --> CORRECT ANSWER!!

Question 4: In Vince Farrell's blog post, Lower Oil Price Equals A Tax Cut, the CIO offers what scientific view of petroleum "info"?

"forensic analysis"
"Litmus test"
"put it under a microscope"
"dissection" --> CORRECT ANSWER!!

Question 5: Enjoy our Holiday Cigars slideshow. Now name the only 2-time winner of Cigar Aficionado's No. 1 Cigar of the Year.

The Padrón Family --> CORRECT ANSWER!!
La Flor Dominicana
Macanudo
The Fuente Family

Question 6: In "Apple Investors' Hope for the Holidays" which "long-time" tech industry analyst does Jim Goldman refer to?

Walt Mossberg
Ashok Kumar
David Pogue
Gene Munster --> CORRECT ANSWER!!

CNBC Bonus Bucks Weekly Question : Week 1

The Dow Jones Industrial Average consist of:

Every stock on the NY Stock Exchange
The Top 500 stocks
All Transportation & manufacturing stock
30 stocks --> CORRECT ANSWER!!

CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge Trivia Answers November 17

Question 1(CNBC Squawk On The Street):
At the start of the Oct. 29 CNBC.com video, Solid Gold Demand, how high is the Dow as displayed onscreen?
8,990.96
19.11
9084.47 --> CORRECT ANSWER!
9325.01

Question 2 (CNBC - The Call):
In the Market Insider post, Stocks That Survived 1929, which Jazz Age stock is not on the list? Addressograph-Multigraph
Raybestos-Manhattan
Corn Products Refining
National Salt --> CORRECT ANSWER!

Question 3 (CNBC - Power Lunch):
In Matt Nesto's Oct. 31 stock blog post, what "No. 1" gainer did he call the "hottest stock on Earth"?
OfficeMax
Office Depot --> CORRECT ANSWER
Staples
None of the above

Question 4 (CNBC - Street Signs):
In the story, Stocks Could Get a Short Post-Election Bounce, who said Obama offered markets a "big positive"?
Art Cashin of UBS
Jordan Kimmel of Magnet Investment
Michael Kresh of M.D. Kresh Financial
Bruce Fenton of Atlantic Financial --> CORRECT ANSWER

Question 5: (CNBC - Closing Bell)
Our slideshow, The Many Sides Of Sarah Palin, depicts her meeting "Vikings and Valkyries" in which ethnic festival?
German
Norwegian --> CORRECT ANSWER
Danish
Inuit

New CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge

Its on!! Today marks the beginning of a new competition, and the good news is that you can also trade ETFs as well as stocks and currencies. Trading ETFs will make it easier to establish bearish strategies, by buying Short and Ultrashort ETFs.

CNBC Bonus Bucks is also back, but this time it looks like you have until 6am the following day to answer the trivia questions. Last competition, you had to answer by 4pm ET, which was when the market closed. That made it much tougher to get the full value of the bonus bucks, as the last question was asked 1 hour before trading closed. So you had a very brief time window to get your answers in.

So tell me all you people out there...Do you want me to provide the answers as I did last time? It was a lot of work, but if the interest is there, I will do it. Simply post a comment and let me know.

I will look at providing today's answers later in the day. Have fun, and enjoy the competition.

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