If someone is 72 years old and born in November what year were they born?
they were born in 1937
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This becomes a trickier question than it looks.
It is assumed that the current year (2012) and current month
(September) is the year for comparison against. Based on this, the
answer should be 1939.
If we accept that the original answer is correct then we have to
qualify the question as follows, "Given that the year is 2010 and
the month is September, if someone is 72 years old and they were
born in November, what year were they born in?"