[BlueLancer]

But the way I read the question, it tells you to listen for the ENDING sound of cup and the STARTING sound for either "pencil", "duck", or "ship".

Wouldn't the correct answer by "pencil"?

[Blueflag]

yeah yeah ... the rush to post got me.

LOL

After I hit POST I went “wait a minute ...”

[kabumpo]

That was also my interpretation.