I will be on holiday, so will not be publishing any answers to the CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge Bonus Bucks Trivia Questions, until further notice.
Have a wonderful festive period!
On Holiday!!
CNBC Bonus Bucks Answers - Wed. Dec. 17
Apology! Yesterday's Question 2 inadvertently had the incorrect answer. This was commented on by one of the blog readers (thank you!) and the correct answer was then replaced. To ensure this error does not occur again, only the correct answer will be published in future, rather than all 4 options with the correct one highlighted.
Question 1: In Carmen Wong Ulrich's article on what the rate cut means for consumers, what piece of advice does she give? lock in high-interest CDs now
Question 2: According to Bob Pisani's blog, "Goldman Sachs: A Sigh Of Relief On Street" what company did Credit Suisse criticize? Potash
Question 3: What geographic reference appears in the Holiday Central blog post "Airline Baggage Fees Deliver Boost to UPS"? over the river and through the woods
Question 4: In the CNBC Web video, "Kitty Caskets," what species of deceased pet does casket maker Jeanne Hoegh mention? all of the above
Question 5: In the Pros Say feature, "H1 Will be Horrific", which "pro" talked about corporate bonds? Sean Egan
Question 6: In his Tuesday Stock Blog, Jon Najarian said options traders seemed bullish on which aerospace company? Boeing
CNBC Bonus Bucks Answers - Tue. Dec. 16
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Question 1: What verb phrase does Carmen Wong Ulrich use in her Monday article on Ponzi scheme protection?
go fly a kite
take a hike --> CORRECT ANSWER!
tell greed to get lost
all of the above
Question 2: According to a Dec. 15 CNBC Stock Blog post, what firm is rumored to be wooing AK Steel?
ArcelorMittal
Nucor
Commercial Metals
Sumitomo Metals --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Question 3: CNBC.com video quiz: On Dec. 15, Jim Glickenhaus' energy picks included:
Peabody Energy
Boardwalk Pipeline
Devon Energy
all of the above --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Question 4: In the "Stupid or Cool?" feature on gift ideas, what horror-movie staple is mentioned in the robot lawnmower review?
dripping title letters
slasher music --> CORRECT ANSWER!
chainsaws being started
car won't start
Question 5: In Monday's "Stop Trading" segment, Jim Cramer dealt with Goldman Sachs' downgrade of which company?
Schering-Plough
Bristol-Myers Squibb
AT&T --> CORRECT ANSWER!
none of the above
Question 6: According to the article, "Faith, Doubt, and Warren Buffett," how much did Berkshire Hathaway's Q3 net earnings fall?
77% --> CORRECT ANSWER!
By one-third
55%
$1 billion
CNBC Bonus Bucks Answers - Fri. Dec. 12
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Question 1: According to the article "YouTube Videos Pull In Real Money," what is Web producer Michael Buckley earning from ads?
$100 per view
$1,000 flat fee
over $100,000 --> correct answer!!
1,000 hours of free broadband
Question 2: In his energy and health stock recommendations, Dan Genter of RNC Genter used what war metaphor?
tiptoeing through the mine field --> correct answer!!
keeping your powder dry
time to lock and load
don't go three on a match
Question 3: On Thursday, John Bogle of The Vanguard Group said who would "pay more than Washington" for capital in troubled banks?
other banks
Warren Buffett
Dubai --> correct answer!!
private investors
Question 4: In Thursday's edition of CEOs Sound Off, "Doing Business In Recession," Jeff Ettinger touts which processed meat product?
Underwood Deviled Ham
Hormel Spam --> correct answer!!
Armour Hot Dogs
Oscar Meyer Wieners
Question 5: According to Darren Rovell's blog on the Kobe Zoom Cut Shoe, how big a business is "fashion basketball"?
$500 million
$2 billion --> correct answer!!
equal to performance basketball
twice that of performance basketball
Question 6: In Thursday's edition of Fast Money Pops & Drops, which trader suggested Sprint Nextel "could be in a race to zero"?
Guy Adami --> correct answer!!
Jeff Macke
Karen Finerman
Drake Maltese
CNBC Bonus Bucks Answers - Thur. Dec. 11
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Question 1: On Wednesday, Michael Yoshikami told CNBC he was "keeping his eye on" which tech stock?
Advanced Micro Devices
Expedia -->CORRECT ANSWER
Nvidia
Apple
Question 2: As of Wednesday night, what was Berkshire Hathaway's stake in Burlington Northern Santa Fe?
more than 20%
3.3 million shares
18.9%
19.83% -->CORRECT ANSWER
Question 3: In her article, Turn a Pink Slip Into Your Golden Ticket, what is Carmen Wong Ulrich's 1st piece of advice?
file for unemployment -->CORRECT ANSWER
examine your health coverage
take stock in yourself
ask for a recommendation
Question 4: Oppenheimer's Meredith Whitney says the credit-card industry may cut how much in credit lines over the next 18 months?
70 percent
90 percent
$50 billion
$2 trillion -->CORRECT ANSWER
Question 5: In Tuesday's Lightning Round OT segment, Jim Cramer said he likes which stock(s) for "short-term trade only" now?
Green Mountain Coffee -->CORRECT ANSWER
Valley National Bancorp
Applied Industrial Tech
all of the above
Question 6: According to Bob Pisani's blog post, Get Used To The Layoffs, which company is sacking 14,000 globally?
Kodak
Praxair
Rio Tinto -->CORRECT ANSWER
none of the above
CNBC Bonus Bucks Answers - Wed. Dec. 10
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Question 1: As of Tuesday, which financial stock(s) did Jeffery Harte give a "buy" rating?
JPMorgan Chase
Morgan Stanley
Bank of America --> correct answer!
all of the above
Question 2: Which Treasury bills' rates fell below zero on Tuesday?
four-week bills
three-month bills --> correct answer!
10-year notes
the U.S. long bond
Question 3: In our slideshow, "10 States with the Highest Unemployment Rates," what state tied with Rhode Island?
Michigan --> correct answer!
Oregon
New York
Wisconsin
Question 4: In Today's Top Videos for Tuesday, Andrew Ross Sorkin referred to what as a "conspiracy theory"?
Repeal of the uptick rule
Illinois governor scandal --> correct answer!
Advice to short oil
none of the above
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Question 5: According to Jon Najarian, what was driving Monday's options activity in Seagate?
Options backdating "fears"
Seagate-SanDisk "merger buzz"
Insider activity
Reasons "unclear" --> correct answer!
Question 6: In Tuesday's "Stop Trading" segment, Jim Cramer calls which firm's management "disingenuous"?
Knight Capital
Deutsche Bank
UBS
all of the above --> correct answer!
CNBC Bonus Bucks Answers - Tuesday December 9, 2008
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Question 1: Which auto supplier's April options did Jon Najarian write about on Monday?
AutoZone
Advance Auto Parts
Goodyear --> CORRECT ANSWER!!
Pep Boys
Question 2: According to the story, Obama's Stimulus Proposal Lifts Infrastructure Stocks, which company does Tom Busby like?
Caterpillar
Granite Construction
Sterling Construction
Microsoft --> CORRECT ANSWER!!
Question 3: Jim Goldman reported Monday that Wal-Mart will be selling Apple's iPhone for how much?
$99
$149.99
$199
no price set yet --> CORRECT ANSWER!!
Question 4: In the blog post "3 Ways To Kill Your Dream Retirement" what is Mistake Number 3?
Not paying attention to investments --> CORRECT ANSWER!!
Spending your money too quickly
Retiring instead of taking a break
none of the above
Question 5: John Harwood's article about President-elect Obama, "Leaning Left, Persuading Right" mentions which iconic president?
JFK
Ronald Reagan
FDR
Theodore Roosevelt --> CORRECT ANSWER!!
Question 6: On Dec. 8, how many jobs did 3M say it would cut in the fourth quarter?
1,400
1,800 --> CORRECT ANSWER!!
5,000
53,000
Weekly Bonus Bucks Answer
Standard expirations for US options occur on the _______ of the month?
First day
Last day
Second Tuesday of month
Third Friday of month --> CORRECT ANSWER
CNBC Bonus Bucks Answers - Monday December 8, 2008
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Question 1: According to Mark Tinker of Axa Framlington Gemini, what do Walmart and McDonalds have in common?
fair companies at great prices
bear-market rally leaders
leaders in a new bull market -->CORRECT!
all of the above
Question 2: On Dec. 5, which analyst likened the slide in oil prices to a "huge tax cut"?
Cambridge Energy's Daniel Yergin
Jefferies' Art Hogan
Alaron's Phil Flynn
Cameron Hanover's Peter Beutel -->CORRECT!
Question 3: In his blog post, Mustard Seeds of Hope, which mega-investor did Larry Kudlow quote?
Boone Pickens
Warren Buffett -->CORRECT!
Wilbur Ross
Carl Icahn
Question 4: How much is real-estate mogul Donald Trump suing Deutsche Bank for?
$130 million
$334 million
$640 million
$3 billion -->CORRECT!
Question 5: On Friday, what "top-down economist" warned of a "terrible situation" without more innovation like Yahoo and Google?
Michael Woolfolk -->CORRECT!
Arthur Laffer
Jeffrey Saut
Dirk Chisholm
Question 6: On Dec. 5, Guest Blogger Tony Crescenzi said which economic approach "should" work for U.S. recovery?
Friedmanesque
Smithian
Lafferesque
Keynesian -->CORRECT!
CNBC Bonus Bucks Answers - Friday December 5, 2008
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Question 1: Who warned CNBC Thursday about the "centipede market"?
Howard Davidowitz
Dave Bahoric --> CORRECT ANSWER
Clem Chambers
Jim Bianco
Question 2: In his Thursday Stock Blog post, Jon Najarian disclosed that he's long on which airline stock?
CAL
DAL
LCC
AMR --> CORRECT ANSWER
Question 3: Jane Wells reported that which footwear company threw a holiday beer party for employees of Adidas?
Etnies --> CORRECT ANSWER
Skechers
Vans
Doc Maarten
Question 4: CNBC Producer David Russell compared Christopher Cox's SEC actions to what classic Monty Python sketch?
Ministry of Silly Walks
The Killer Joke
The Spanish Inquisition --> CORRECT ANSWER (hey! you can see this sketch in the youtube video below!)
I'm a Lumberjack
Question 5 : In Thursday's CEOs Sound Off feature, who slammed "the U.S. government's business model" as "unsustainable"?
Richard Adkerson, Freeport-McMoRan
Bill Zollars, YRC WorldWide
David Walker, Peter G. Peterson --> CORRECT ANSWER
none of the above
Question 6: In our Harvard Business School CEO slideshow, who praises a "long-term passion for learning"?
Jeffrey Immelt of GE --> CORRECT ANSWER
Meg Whitman of eBay
Ann Moore of Time Inc.
Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan Chase
Have a great weekend!
Bonus Bucks Question 6 (Dec 4)
What does managing editor Allen Wastler call a "bad term" but a "good news story" for the economy?
Ted spread
contango
yield curve --> CORRECT ANSWER!!
backwardation
Questions 1 to 5 are in the previous posts below. That's it for today!
Bonus Bucks Question 5
Question 5: According to former Fed governor Frederic Mishkin, what tool can fight this market's "severe recession"?
aggressive monetary policy --> CORRECT ANSWER!!
deep tax cuts
robust infrastructure spending
comprehensive energy policy
Questions 1 to 4 are in the previous post below. Question 6 coming later.
CNBC Bonus Bucks Thursday December 4
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Question 1: In his CNBC interview Wednesday, who did Carl Icahn say he'd like for Yahoo's next CEO?
Jonathan Miller
Erik Jorgensen
Jonathan Schwartz
none of the above --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Question 2: According to The Christmas Tree Indicator, which item's sales grew 8.5% in the first holiday-shopping week?
wreaths
garland
trees
all of the above --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Question 3: What slang word for liquor appears in Darren Rovell's blog post on the invention of Gatorade?
booze
hooch
moonshine
firewater --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Question 4: Dennis Kneale predicted the possible 2009 downfall of which bank's CEO?
Goldman Sachs
Citigroup
HSBC
Bank of America --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Questions 5 & 6: Come back later
CNBC Bonus Bucks Wednesday December 3
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Question 1: What Hasbro goodie is seen in our Hot Holiday Toys slideshow?
Girl Gourmet Cupcake Maker
Bakugan
U-Dance --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Crayola Glow Station
Question 2: What omen will convince strategist Kevin Caron that "the worst will finally be over"?
dollar stays up vs. euro for a week
oil prices stable for a week
interbank spreads improve --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Treasury yields level off
Question 3: What is the "focus" of Cramer's Playing Defense Rules: Part 5?
making money
holding on to what you have --> CORRECT ANSWER!
the bigger picture
rational investing
Question 4: According to our Warren Buffet Watch, how many BUD shares did Berkshire Hathaway hold at the end of March?
35.6 million shares --> CORRECT ANSWER!
13,845,000 shares
$969,150,000 in current dollars
1 billion shares
Question 5: On Friday, why did Fast Money's Jeff Macke say "becoming socialist is good"?
because traders fear uncertainty
he's long Citi and GM --> CORRECT ANSWER!
he approves of collective farming
he's long HMO stocks
Question 6: By Black Friday's close of trading last week, where did financial stocks end?
down 31%
down 0.01%
up 5% (excluding Citigroup)
up 31% --> CORRECT ANSWER!
CNBC Bonus Bucks Tuesday December 2, 2008
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Question 1: On Friday, where did Matrix Asset Management's Dick Otto say oil would go?
$76 to $80 in the near term
approx. $20 in 3 months
to the 2001 bottoms in 3 months
all of the above --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Question 2: On Friday, value stock picker Alan Lancz recommended which tech name?
Apple --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Research in Motion
Nokia
all of the above
Question 3: According to the story "Scenes From The Mall: Picky, Picky, Picky" what was K-B Toys' discount on Barbie items?
35% off everything
35% off with purchase of GI Joe
70% off (except Malibu Dream House)
buy 2, get 1 free --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Question 4: On the Dot-Com Bubble photo in the Market Mayhem slideshow, which stock appears to be gaining?
IAC/InterActiveCorp. --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Garmin
Pets.com
DoubleClick
Question 5: Name the most expensive product in Carmen Wong Ulrich's "Loser List" blog:
Dirt Devil IM130000
Ecoquest Fresh Air Purifier
Kenmore Elite Dishwasher 1134(2) --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Debbie Meyer Green Bags
Question 6: What does Phil LeBeau call "the biggest question" about the Big 3's "Show and Tell Time"?
Is $25 billion enough? --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Are the automakers really revamping?
Do the CEOs understand the market?
Will Congress feel obligated to help?
CNBC Bonus Bucks Weekly - December 1
Weekly CNBC Bonus Bucks Questions: Calls give you the right to?
Buy the stock at the current price
Buy the stock at the strike price --> CORRECT ANSWER (too easy!)
Sell the stock at the current stock price
Sell the stock at the strike price
CNBC Bonus Bucks Monday December 1, 2008
Question 1: CNBC Guest Blogger Tony Crescenzi knows the bond market inside and out. Who is his employer?
Pimco
Miller Tabak + Co. --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Soleil Securities Group
Soleil Moon Frye
Question 2: According to Jim Goldman, what is HP blaming for its Q1 revenue shortfall prediction?
sales slowdown
market softness
currency conditions --> CORRECT ANSWER!
all of the above
Question 3: How many Yahoo shares did billionaire investor Carl Icahn buy last week?
75.6 million shares
6.8 million shares --> CORRECT ANSWER!
all of them
5.5 percent of the company
Question 4: In his blog post, Obama’s Pro-Growth Economic Team, Larry Kudlow refers to which pagan notion?
midnight moon worship
dormant animal spirits --> CORRECT ANSWER!
gods of war
reading tea leaves
Question 5: What day did Berkshire Hathaway shares close below $100K for the 1st time in 2 years?
Monday, Nov 17 --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Friday Nov. 21
Monday Nov. 24
none of the above
Question 6: According to Jane Wells, Saddam Hussein's yacht, the Basra Breeze, was maligned as
typical tyrant schlock
a shrine to bad taste --> CORRECT ANSWER!
surprisingly comfortable
loaded with extras
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