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



2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The answer to the Squawk on the Street question is Sumitomo Metals.

Commercial Metals is not correct.

Anonymous said...

Your posting of the incorrect Squawk on the street answer cost me $2000 bonus bucks. An apology for bad info would have been a nice touch instead of just changing your post to reflect the correct answer which was supplied after finding out your answer was wrong.