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

Here's something that I thought might be fun. A few problems in lateral thinking :

1. A woman has two sons. They were born in the same hour of the same day of the same month of the same year. But they were not twins. How is this possible?

2. Why are 1998 pennies worth more than 1993 pennies?

3. Two field workers were dispatched from a base to explore a mineral find in a remote area. While they were working, they spotted a group of dangerous predators approaching. One worker left the area extremely slowly, keeping a watchful eye on the predators. The other panicked and fled back to their base at great speed.

Although the worker who panicked and fled managed to escape being attacked by the predators, he died as soon as he reached the base, while his colleague survived. What happened here?

4. One morning, a man left his small house to go hunting. He walked one mile due south, and spotted a bear. He followed the bear one mile due east, and then shot and killed it. He then walked one mile due north back to his house.

What color was the bear?