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| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
 
| titletext = The xkcd Survey: Big Data for a Big Planet
 
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*The comic is a link to [http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw The xkcd survey] on Google, which is closed.
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*The comic links to http://goo.gl/forms/B5RaBeZ6nw.
  
 
==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survey questions such as “Do you have any food allergies?”, to rather strange, such as “Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your leopard.” (See [[1530: Keyboard Mash]] and [[1031: s/keyboard/leopard/]]).
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{{incomplete|First attempt. There is probably more to come.}}
  
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The stated goal of the survey is to “create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with”. A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers. It's also supposed to be “a search for weird correlations” – presumably the goal is to be able to say things like “people who have been skydiving are (more/less) likely than average to dislike cilantro”. (See also [[882: Significant]] about finding presumably-spurious correlations between unrelated data.)
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As the comic image states, it links to a survey created with [https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Google Forms], containing a series of questions. The questions range from mundane typical survery questions such as "Do you have any food allergies?", to rather strange, such as "Fill this text box with random letters by randomly mashing keys on your keyboard."
  
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If the data is ever released, this explanation will be updated, but this has not happened.
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The stated goal of the survey is to "create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with". A strange data set is a ripe opportunity for a sampling of readers.
  
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{{w|Image_map#Client-side_image_map|HTML image maps}} is a technique for marking up areas of an image on a web page, such that each area can be a link without the whole image being a link. [[Randall]] could have used this type of image map to make only the “Click here to take the survey” button be a link, and none of the rest of the image. But he cannot get the hang of it (or knowing his skills, does not wish to take the time to learn it). Not getting the hang of HTML image maps was also referenced on the banner for his [[Header text#2014-07-23_-_what_if.3F_book_tour|book tour]] for the first ''[[What If? (book)|What If?]]'' book. See the link for other instances where he mentions this problem in the [[Header text|header text]].
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This explanation will doubtless expand when the data comes in.
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===Survey===
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Explanations after the dash.
  
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The title text is a joke off of {{w|Big Data}}, which is a name for analysis of a set of data that includes a huge amount of information. He also says "for a big planet" because the Earth is big.{{Citation needed}}
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Subsections were added for ease of editing
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====Plane====
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The survey is closed, and the questions replaced with the text: "The xkcd survey is now closed. Thank you for all your answers! Response data is being collected and will be posted soon." As of August 2022, the same caption is still there, with no indication of exactly how soon the data is intended to be posted. (Apparently, Randall crashed google forms, so the data is taking a long time to be retrieved [https://www.reddit.com/r/xkcd/comments/40mhve/what_ever_happened_to_the_survey_we_took/ (see this reddit thread)] - much like his breaking of [http://what-if.xkcd.com/imgs/a/62/balloon_wolfram.png Wolfram Alpha]] while answering a reader's question on ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'')
 
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==The Survey==
 
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A recreation of the survey can be found [https://goo.gl/forms/CtAILwjyJAYsmqbO2 here on Google].
 
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The recreation's data can be [https://goo.gl/5A77ZX found live here.]
 
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It started with the following statement:
 
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<nowiki>This is an anonymous survey. After it's done, a database of everyone's responses will be posted.
 
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There's no specific reason for any of the questions. The goal is to create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with. This is obviously not going to be a real random sample of people, but in the interest of getting cooler data, if you're sharing this with friends, try sending it to some people who wouldn't normally see this kind of thing!
 
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WARNING: This survey is anonymous, but your answers WILL BE MADE PUBLIC. Depending what you write, it's possible that someone may be able to identify you by looking at your responses. None of these questions should ask about anything too private, but don't write anything that you don't want people to see. If you're not comfortable answering a question, just skip it.</nowiki>
 
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'''Note:''' The order of the possible answers (the list of possibilities) was random, and changed every time the page is reloaded. So do not try to fix the order here below...
 
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===Plane===
 
 
*Have you ever been in a plane?
 
*Have you ever been in a plane?
 
**No
 
**No
 
**Yes
 
**Yes
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====Skydiving====
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===Skydiving===
 
 
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
 
*Have you ever been {{w|Parachuting|skydiving}}?
 
**No, but I might someday
 
**No, but I might someday
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**No
 
**No
  
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===The Dress===
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====The Dress====
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*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? — (Also see [[1492: Dress Color]] and the [[Blag]] entry [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results]).
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*When you first saw {{w|The dress (viral phenomenon)|The Dress}}, what color was it? &mdash; Also see [[1492: Dress Color]].
 
**White and gold
 
**White and gold
 
**A color combination not listed here
 
**A color combination not listed here
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**Blue and black
 
**Blue and black
 
**What dress?
 
**What dress?
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====Popular food====
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===Popular food===
 
 
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
 
*What's a really popular food that you don't like?
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**''Text box''
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====Floaters====
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===Floaters===
 
 
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
 
*When you look at a blue sky, do you see those swirly {{w|floater|floaters}} in your vision?
 
**Yes, constantly
 
**Yes, constantly
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**Yes, occasionally
 
**Yes, occasionally
 
**No
 
**No
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====Running out of gas====
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===Running out of gas===
 
 
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
 
*Have you ever had a car run out of gas while you were driving it?
 
**Yes
 
**Yes
 
**No
 
**No
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====Animals====
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===Animals===
 
 
*Name the first five animals you can think of
 
*Name the first five animals you can think of
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**''Multi line text box''
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====Weather====
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===Weather===
 
 
*What's the weather like where you are right now?
 
*What's the weather like where you are right now?
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**''Text box''
 
  
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===Activities===
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====Activities====
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*Which of these can you do reasonably well?
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Which of these can you do reasonably well?
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*(Check all that apply)
 
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**{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball &mdash; A "slam dunk" or simply "dunk" is the act of jumping up and putting the ball through the net with a lot of force
 
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**Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}} &mdash; A sheet bend is a knot that joins two ropes together; A bowline is a knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope. Although tied differently, the resulting knots are identical.{{Citation needed}}
 
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**Roller skate
 
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**[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/high-heel-race/ Run in high heels]
 
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**Drive a stick shift — See {{w|Manual transmission}} of a car
 
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**Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
 
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**Dive headfirst off a diving board &mdash; See {{w|Springboard}} and {{w|Diving platform}}
 
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**Ice skate
 
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**{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
 
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**Walk on {{w|stilts}} — Stilts are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person to walk at a height above the ground
 
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**Ski
 
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**Cut vegetables with a knife
 
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**Swim
 
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**Ride a horse
 
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**{{w|Unicycle}}
 
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**Change the oil on a car
 
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**Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}} &mdash; A handspring is an exercise in gymnastics in which you jump through the air landing on your hands, then again landing on your feet
 
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**Juggle — {{w|Toss juggling}} (the most recognizable form of juggling) consists in throwing objects into the air and catching them.
 
  
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===Spelling===
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(Check all that apply)
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*What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
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*{{w|slam dunk|Dunk}} a basketball
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**''Text box''
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*Tie a {{w|sheet bend}} or {{w|bowline}}
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*Roller skate
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*Drive a {{w|Manual transmission|stick shift}}
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*Solve a {{w|Rubik's cube}}
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*Dive headfirst off a {{w|springboard|diving board}}
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*Ice skate
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*{{w|Skateboarding|Skateboard}}
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*Walk on {{w|stilts}}
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*Ski
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*Cut vegetables with a knife
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*Swim
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*Ride a horse
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*{{w|Unicycle}}
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*Change the oil on a car
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*Do a back {{w|Handspring (gymnastics)|handspring}}
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*{{w|Toss juggling|Juggle}}
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*Run in high heels
  
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===Condiments===
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====Spelling====
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*Do you eat {{w|condiments}} directly out of the fridge as a snack?
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What word can you never seem to spell on the first try?
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**No  
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====Condiments====
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**Yes
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Do you eat condiments directly out of the fridge as a snack?  
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*No  
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*Yes
  
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===Thermostat===
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====Thermostat====
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*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be...
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*When you adjust a thermostat that was set by someone else, it's usually because you want the room to be ...  
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**Cooler
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**Cooler  
 
**Warmer
 
**Warmer
  
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===Clothing===
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====Clothing====
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*What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?
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What color is the shirt/dress/upper-body-clothing you're wearing right now, if any?  
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**''Text box''
 
  
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===Colds===
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====Colds====
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*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?
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*Do you get {{w|Common cold|colds}} often?  
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**No
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**No  
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**Yes
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**Yes  
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====Number====
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===Number===
 
 
*Pick a number from 1 to 100
 
*Pick a number from 1 to 100
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**''Text box''
 
  
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===Spelling===
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====Spelling====
 
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)
 
*On a scale of 1 to 10, how good at spelling are you? (Note that the question does not specify which end of the scale is good or bad.)
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**''Tick off list with numbers from 1 to 10.''
 
  
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===Myers-Briggs===
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====Myers-Briggs====
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*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?
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*Do you know your {{w|Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator|Myers-Briggs type}}?  
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**No
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**No  
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**Yes
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**Yes  
  
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===Astrology===
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====Astrology====
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*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?
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*Do you know your {{w|astrological sign}}?  
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**No
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**No  
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**Yes
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**Yes  
  
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===Siblings===
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====Siblings====
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*How many older siblings do you have?
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*How many older siblings do you have?  
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**''Text box''
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*How many younger siblings do you have?  
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*How many younger siblings do you have?
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*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?  
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**''Text box''
 
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*How many twin/etc siblings do you have?
 
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**''Text box''
 
  
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===Sleepiness===
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====Sleepiness====
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*Do you feel sleepy a lot?
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*Do you feel sleepy a lot?  
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**Yes
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**Yes  
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**No
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**No  
  
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===Movie star===
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====Movie star====
 
*Name a movie star
 
*Name a movie star
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**''Text box''
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** ''Text box''
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====Time in sun====
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*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
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**Yes
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**No
  
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===Time in sun===
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====Broccoli====
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*Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?
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*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?  
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**Yes
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**Yes  
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**No
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**I've never had it
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**No  
  
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===Broccoli===
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====Wakefulness====
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*Does {{w|broccoli}} taste bitter to you?
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*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?  
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**Yes
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**Yes  
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**No
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**No  
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**I've never had it
 
  
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===Wakefulness===
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====Keyboard mashing====
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*Do you regularly stay awake much later than you meant to?
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*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys
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**Yes
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**''Multi-line text box''
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**No
 
  
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===Keyboard mashing===
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====Driving====
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*Fill this text box with gibberish by mashing random keyboard keys (See [[1530: Keyboard Mash]] and [[1031: s/keyboard/leopard/]]).
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*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are?
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**''Broad multi-line text box''
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====Allergies====
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*Do you have any food allergies?
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**No
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**Yes
  
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===Driving===
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====Thunder====
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*On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is terrible and 3 is average, how good a driver do you think you are? (note it does not include the possibility that you don't drive)
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*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year?  
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**''Tick off list with numbers from 1 to 5.''
 
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===Allergies===
 
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*Do you have any food allergies?
 
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**No
 
 
**Yes  
 
**Yes  
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**No
  
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===Thunder===
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====Flavour preference====
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*Have you heard thunder or seen lightning in the past year? — (The title-text of [[831: Weather Radar]] mentions the belief that thunderstorms seemed more common when one was a kid. Since the survey also asks for age this question is likely a test of that belief.)
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*Which do you prefer?  
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**Yes
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**Chocolate
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**No
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**Vanilla
  
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===Flavor preference===
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====Number (reprise)====
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*Which do you prefer? (It seems to be missing the ''neither'' option...)
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*Pick another number from 1 to 100
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**Chocolate
 
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**Vanilla
 
  
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===Number (reprise)===
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====Internet====
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*Pick another number from 1 to 100 (Supposedly should not be the same as in the first pick a number box).
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*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
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**''Text box''
 
  
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===Internet===
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====Roll tongue====
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*When you think about stuff on the internet, where do you picture it being physically located? Even if you know it's not really how things work, is there a place you imagine websites and social media posts sitting before you look at them? If so, where is it?
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Can you {{w|Tongue rolling|roll your tongue}}?
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**''Broad multi-line text box''
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*Yes
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*No
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*What?
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====Toes====
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{| class="wikitable"
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!Question
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!Possible Answers
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|-
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|rowspan="2"|Can you pick things up with your toes?
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|No
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|-
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|Yes
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|-
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|How old are you?  
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|''Single line text box''
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|-
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|What color are the walls around you right now?  
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|''Single line text box''  
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|}
  
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===Roll tongue===
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====Cell phone====
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*Can you {{w|Tongue rolling|roll your tongue}}?
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What kind of cell phone do you have?
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**Yes
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*{{w|iPhone}}
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**No
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*{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
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**What?
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*Other smartphone
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*Non-smartphone
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*I don't have a cell phone
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====Eating====
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What's the last thing you ate?  
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*''Single line text box''
  
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===Toes===
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====Difficult words====
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*Can you pick things up with your toes?
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Which of these words do you know the meaning of?  
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**No
 
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**Yes
 
  
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===Age===
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[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com] has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels, with class name difficulty-indicator). We add it at the right of the words that have it. N/A means that a word isn't present in Dictionary.com, or that it doesn't have an index.
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*How old are you?
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*Slickle
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**''Text box''
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*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rife Rife] &mdash; [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]
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*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soliloquy Soliloquy] &mdash; [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soliloquy 150]
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*Fination
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*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipple Stipple]
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*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peristeronic Peristeronic]
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*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/modicum Modicum] &mdash; [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modicum 120]
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*Trephony
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*Tribution
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*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoropter Phoropter] &mdash; [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phoropter N/A]
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*Unitory
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*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiable Amiable]
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*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salient Salient]
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*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regolith Regolith]
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*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lithe Lithe]
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*Revergent
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*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubris Hubris]
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*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleek Fleek]
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*Cadine
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*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apricity Apricity]
  
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===Walls===
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====cat====
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*What color are the walls around you right now?
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{| class="wikitable"
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**''Text box''
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!Question
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!Possible Answers
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|-
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|Please type "cat" here:
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|''Single line text box''  
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|-
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|rowspan="2"|Do you usually remember your dreams?
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|No
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|-
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|Yes
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|-
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|rowspan="2"|Do you have strong opinions about text editors?
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|Yes
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|-
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|No
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|}
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====Emoji====
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How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
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*Negative &#x1f620; &mdash; Unicode 1f620 Angry face
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*Positive &#x263a; &mdash; Unicode 263a White smiling face
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*Neutral 😐
  
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===Cell phone===
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====Snow====
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*What kind of cell phone do you have?
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*Does it ever snow where you live?  
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**{{w|iPhone}}
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**No  
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**{{w|Android (operating system)|Android}}
 
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**Other smartphone
 
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**Non-smartphone
 
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**I don't have a cell phone
 
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===Eating===
 
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*What's the last thing you ate?
 
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**''Text box''
 
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===Difficult words===
 
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*Which of these words do you know the meaning of?
 
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*Some of these words don’t appear in any of the following dictionaries: the Oxford English Dictionary, the New Oxford American Dictionary, Wiktionary, or Dictionary.com.  With one exception, however, reviewers on this site have found verifiable examples of use for the words in question.
 
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*[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com] has an index of difficulty (measured in pixels, with class name <code>difficulty-indicator</code>). We add it at the right of the words that have it. N/A means that a word isn't present in Dictionary.com, or that it doesn't have an index.
 
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**Slickle – Not in any standard dictionary. However, it [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Slickle is in] the crowd-sourced in Urban Dictionary, as well as a suggested planet name in [[1253: Exoplanet Names]]
 
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**{{Wiktionary|rife|Rife}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rife 117]
 
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**{{Wiktionary|soliloquy|Soliloquy}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soliloquy 150]
 
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**Fination – not in any dictionary. Appears infrequently in Victorian texts (e.g., [http://books.google.com/books?id=ghNOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA245&dq=Fination 1889], [http://books.google.com/books?id=nwlCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA214&dq=Fination 1839])
 
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**{{Wiktionary|stipple|Stipple}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stipple 144]
 
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**{{Wiktionary|peristeronic|Peristeronic}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/peristeronic N/A]. Randall used it and defined it for readers in [[798: Adjectives]].
 
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**{{Wiktionary|modicum|Modicum}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modicum 120]
 
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**Trephony – Not available in reference dictionaries. An obsolete spelling of "{{w|Trephine}}" (especially when used as a verb for the process of {{w|Trepanning|trephination}}). Initially a transliteration of Greek [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=tru/panon τρυπάω] for the same.
 
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**Tribution – A regular construction from {{Wiktionary|tribute#Verb|Tribute (verb)}} using "{{Wiktionary|-tion}}" to transform into a noun. Using this regular formation, the term would mean the act of tribute, but no examples of actual use are available. It is worth noting that the use of "tribute" as a verb is generally considered obsolete and the few forms that persist in use relate primarily to the tributary and distributary river systems
 
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**{{Wiktionary|phoropter|Phoropter}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phoropter N/A]  1.An instrument used in eye examinations to determine an individual's prescription, the patient looking through various lenses at a chart on the other side.
 
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**Unitory – Not available in reference dictionaries.  An obsolete spelling of "Unitary," chiefly British. While long obsolete in normal usage, it persisted longer in mathematics that it did elsewhere (particularly for  "Unitory Method" and "Unitory Matrices").  Example of use: [https://books.google.com/books?id=Wl1BAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA27&lpg=RA5-PA27&dq=unitory+method&source=bl&ots=rfRKJXAJqV&sig=Wsr_gV7xG6Airah9Lx1M0hi-7Zc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBmoVChMInd_R9qTbxwIVChU-Ch36IAh_#v=onepage&q=unitory%20method&f=false (1)]
 
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**{{Wiktionary|amiable|Amiable}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/amiable 123]
 
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**{{Wiktionary|salient|Salient}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/salient 69]
 
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**{{Wiktionary|regolith|Regolith}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/regolith 162]
 
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**{{Wiktionary|lithe|Lithe}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lithe 105]
 
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**Revergent – technical word from {{w|fern}} biology, referring to the edges of fern leaves which curl back on themselves (see [http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00985044 Schölch, 2000])
 
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**{{Wiktionary|hubris|Hubris}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hubris 117]
 
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**{{Wiktionary|fleek|Fleek}} – [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fleek N/A]
 
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**Cadine – A rare loan-word for {{Wiktionary|fr:cadine|a sultan's wife or a noble ottoman woman}} which comes to English through the French. Examples of Use: [https://books.google.com/books?id=4yz-Y-_OOO0C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=cadine&f=false (1)]. Also the name of an {{w|it:Cadine|italian city}}.
 
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**{{Wiktionary|apricity|Apricity}} – Not available in reference dictionaries.  An obsolete word for the sun's heat in winter (e.g., [http://books.google.com/books?id=CFBGAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT76&dq=apricity Bailey 1775]). According to the What If? book (page 80), this is Randall's single favourite word in the English language.
 
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===cat===
 
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*Please type "cat" here: (Likely to see how they write the word)
 
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**''Text box''
 
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===Dreams===
 
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*Do you usually remember your dreams?
 
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**No
 
 
**Yes
 
**Yes
  
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===Text editors===
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====Taste of food====
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*Do you have strong opinions about text editors? (See {{w|Editor war}})
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Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?  
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**Yes
+
*Eggs
−
**No
+
*Chocolate ice cream
−
 
+
*Beer
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===Emoji===
+
*White wine
−
*How do you feel about {{w|emoji}}?
+
*Carbonation &mdash; Fizz
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**Negative 😠 (Unicode 1f620 - Angry face)
+
*Red wine
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**Positive 😊 (Unicode 263a - Smiling face)
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*Cilantro
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**Neutral 😐 (Unicode 1F610 - Neutral face)
+
*Coffee
 +
*Tomatoes
 +
*Yogurt
 +
====Beverages====
 +
Which of these do you regularly drink?  
 +
*Caffeinated soda &mdash; e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
 +
*Noncaffeinated soda
 +
*Coffee
 +
*Fruit juice
 +
*Milk
 +
*Beer
 +
*Wine
 +
*Tea
 +
*{{w|Maple syrup}} &mdash; This is a joke because maple syrup in not normally drunk
 +
*Water
  
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===Snow===
+
====Random words====
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*Does it ever snow where you live?
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{| class="wikitable"
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**No
+
!Question
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**Yes
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!Possible Answers
 +
|-
 +
|-
 +
|Type five random words
 +
|''Multi-line text box''
 +
|-
 +
|rowspan="3"|Are you nervous about flying?  
 +
|Yes
 +
|-
 +
|A little
 +
|-
 +
|No  
 +
|-
 +
|}
  
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===Taste of food===
+
====Favorite number====
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*Do you strongly dislike the taste or texture of any of these things?
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On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
−
**Eggs
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*''Buttons to select from the integers 1 through 5''
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**Chocolate ice cream
 
−
**Beer
 
−
**White wine
 
−
**{{w|Carbonation}} (or Fizz)
 
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**Red wine
 
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**{{w|Cilantro}}
 
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**Coffee
 
−
**Tomatoes
 
−
**Yogurt
 
  
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===Beverages===
+
====Sandwich====
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*Which of these do you regularly drink?
+
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?  
−
**Caffeinated soda (e.g. Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper)
+
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
−
**Noncaffeinated soda
+
**Open-faced sandwich
−
**Coffee
+
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
−
**Fruit juice
+
**{{w|Calzone}}
−
**Milk
+
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
−
**Beer
+
**{{w|Taco}}
−
**Wine
+
**{{w|Hamburger}}  
−
**Tea
+
''Multiple selections allowed''
−
**{{w|Maple syrup}}
 
−
**Water
 
  
−
===Random words===
+
====Animal affinity====
−
*Type five random words
+
*Which of these describes you?
−
**''Broad multi-line text box''
+
**Dog person
 +
**Cat person
 +
**Half-cat half-person
 +
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
 +
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
 +
''Multiple selections allowed''
  
−
===Flying===
+
====Sense of direction====
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*Are you nervous about flying?
+
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?  
−
**Yes
+
**Yes  
 
**No
 
**No
−
**A little
 
  
−
===Favorite number===
+
====Socks or underwear====
−
*On a scale of 1 to 5, which number is your favorite?
+
Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?  
−
**''Tick off list with numbers from 1 to 5.''
+
*Yes
 +
*No
 +
*I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
 +
*No, but I'm totally doing that now
  
−
===Sandwich===
+
==See also==
−
*Which of these would you consider a {{w|sandwich}}?
+
*The blag of the webcomic, [http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Color Survey Results], 2010-05-03
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*(Check all that apply)
 
−
**{{w|Taco}}
 
−
**{{w|Quesadilla}}
 
−
**{{w|Submarine sandwich|Sub/Hoagie}}
 
−
**{{w|Cheesesteak}}
 
−
**{{w|Hamburger}}
 
−
**{{w|Open-faced sandwich}}
 
−
**{{w|Calzone}}
 
  
−
===Animal affinity===
 
−
*Which of these describes you?
 
−
*(Check all that apply)
 
−
**Dog person
 
−
**Cat person
 
−
**Half-cat half-person
 
−
**Part of a subterranean race of dog people
 
−
**Literally named "Catherine Person"
 
−
 
−
===Sense of direction===
 
−
*Would you say you have a good sense of direction?
 
−
**Yes
 
−
**No
 
−
 
−
===Socks or underwear===
 
−
*Have you ever thrown out all your different pairs of socks/underwear, bought a bunch of replacements that were all one kind, and then told all your friends how great it was and how they should do it too?
 
−
**Yes
 
−
**No
 
−
**I did the throwing out thing, but didn't talk to everyone about it
 
−
**No, but I'm totally doing that now
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
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:[A simple comic with text only. The ''click here'' part is inside a black frame.]
 
 
:Introducing  
 
:Introducing  
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:'''The xkcd Survey'''
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:'''THE XKCD SURVEY'''  
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:A search for weird correlations
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:A search for weird correlations  
 
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
 
:Note: This survey is anonymous, but
 
:<font color="red"> all responses will be posted publicly </font>
 
:<font color="red"> all responses will be posted publicly </font>
 
:so people can play with the data.
 
:so people can play with the data.
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:'''Click here to'''
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:'''Click here to'''  
 
:'''take the survey'''
 
:'''take the survey'''
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:Or click here, or here.
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:Or click here, or here.  
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:The whole comic is a link,
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:The whole comic is a link,  
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:because I still haven't gotten
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:because I still haven't gotten  
 
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.
 
:the hang of HTML imagemaps.
  

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