User blog comment:TenCents/Off-Topic Blog 3 (sort of)!!!:)/@comment-3276102-20110319033429/@comment-3276102-20110319192208

Three of the questions have now been correctly answered. Congratulations to the folks who came up with the solutions. :)

1. This actually has two correct answers, both of which have been given.

The first is that one of the two sons was adopted.

The second, which I actually think is the more interesting answer : The problem stated that this woman had two sons, but never said anything about whether she had any daughters. In fact, she gave birth to three children (two male, one female) that day. The two boys were not twins, they were two out of a set of triplets!

2. 1998 pennies are worth $19.98, whereas 1993 pennies are only worth $19.93. As has been correctly guessed, the 1998 pennies are worth more because there are five more pennies. The trick there is realizing that the numbers are not dates, but quantities.

4. Again, as correctly guessed : There is only one place on the Earth where walking one mile south, one mile east, and one mile north would result in your winding up right back where you started (as opposed to one mile east of your starting position) - The North Pole. The bear was, therefore, a polar bear, and hence, it was white.

That just leaves Problem 3 unanswered. No, he didn't transform into anything. The predators really were dangerous animals that could have killed the workers. And he didn't die of dehydration, though it's ironic that anyone would think he did.