Tuesday 17 August 2010

Question for August 17, 2010

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, X took up a job polishing and shining boots, and was enraged when a ditchdigger paid him with an 1875 US dime, which was useless as currency in 19th century Glasgow. However, the coin inspired him to take a position as cabin boy on a Clyde cattle ship to the United States to make his fortune. X is now the richest of his ilk in the world, rivalled only by  Y, John D. Rockerduck and, less prominent, the maharaja of Howdoyoustan. His net worth is often disputed and estimates have ranged from one multiplujillion, nine obsquatumatillion, six hundred twenty-three dollars and sixty-two cents to a mere $28.8 billion and some geometric calculations based on his safe size have led to an estimate of $27 trillion. Identify X. Bonus points for guessing Y.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Uncle Scrooge..the richest duck

Nikhil said...

X = Scrooge McDuck
Y = Glomgold

Angelus said...

X= Scrooge McDuck
Y= Flintheart Glumgold

anangrawat said...

Scrooge Macduck

Dev said...

Scrooge?

Srini Iyer said...

Uncle Scrooge?

anangrawat said...

Forgot to mention Y in my first post. Its Gromgold

The Answer said...

Scrooge McDuck it is. Y is Flintheart Glomgold. Congrats all!