Senior Year
2016-2017
2016-2017 was the final high school year for Ben the Survey Guy. During this year, Ben the Survey Guy had the greatest exposure throughout the school, including a weekley segment on the morning announcements. During this time, he began to focus less on total sample size, and more on expanding the total surveys asked per day. This started on Fridays and slowly expanded to every day of the week. Below is a selection of surveys asked during this period.
Pressing the button gives you $10,000 but you have a 1 in a million chance of dying. Do you press the button?
Date Asked: August 30, 2016
Sample Size: 545
Results:
Yes: 419
No: 126
Survey Results
Do you have an innie or outie belly button?
Date Asked: September 01, 2016
Sample Size: 571
Results:
Innie: 508
Outie: 30
Both: 33
Survey Results
Do you prefer toilet paper to be in the “over” or “under” orientation?
Date Asked: September 02, 2016
Sample Size: 716
Results:
Over: 547
Under: 100
It doesn’t matter: 69
Survey Results
Should privacy be a constitutional right?
Date Asked: September 06, 2016
Sample Size: 631
Results:
Yes: 556
No: 75
Survey Results
Have you ever calmed down because you were told to?
Date Asked: September 07, 2016
Sample Size: 768
Results:
Yes: 197
No: 571
Survey Results
How old is your oldest living relative?
Date Asked: September 08, 2016
Sample Size:
Results:
Under 65: 23
65-69: 21
70-74: 17
75-79: 40
80-84: 76
85-89: 90
90-94: 88
95-99: 57
At least 100: 39
Survey Results
Do you prefer making funny or serious presentations?
Date Asked: September 12, 2016
Sample Size: 697
Results:
Funny: 577
Serious: 72
Depends: 48
Survey Results
Should a zoo animal be killed because it attacked a human got into its cage?
Date Asked: September 16, 2016
Sample Size: 605
Results:
Yes: 69
No: 536
Survey Results
Do you prefer the aisle seat or the window seat?
Date Asked: September 21, 2016
Sample Size: 709
Results:
Aisle: 169
Window: 540
Survey Results
Would you rather have one $100 bill or a hundred $1 bills?
Date Asked: September 22, 2016
Sample Size: 562
Results:
One $100 bill: 256
A hundred $1 bills: 306
Survey Results
Would you rather be a 1500’s king or a commoner today?
Date Asked: September 23, 2016
Sample Size: 778
Results:
A 1500’s king: 324
A commoner today: 454
Survey Results
Should humans pursue immortality?
Date Asked: September 26, 2016
Sample Size: 715
Results:
Yes: 248
No: 467
Survey Results
If you had to be the same age forever, what age would you choose?
Date Asked: September 29, 2016
Sample Size: 638
Results:
5 or younger: 36
6-10: 22
11-15: 27
16-20: 105
21: 192
22-24: 79
25: 76
26-30: 39
31+: 49
Survey Results
Do you shower in the morning or the evening?
Date Asked: October 04, 2016
Sample Size: 806
Results:
Morning: 263
Evening: 403
Depends: 140
Survey Results
Should perfect attendance be awarded?
Date Asked: October 05, 2016
Sample Size: 839
Results:
Yes: 476
No: 353
Survey Results
Do you prefer sitting in the front of the bus or the back of the bus?
Date Asked: October 07, 2016
Sample Size: 529
Results:
Front: 140
Back: 389
Survey Results
Is a hot dog a sandwich?
Date Asked: October 12, 2016
Sample Size: 760
Results:
Yes: 218
No: 542
Survey Results
On a test, would you rather get a zero legitimately or get a 100% by cheating?
Date Asked: October 13, 2016
Sample Size: 635
Results:
Zero: 195
Cheat: 440
Survey Results
Do you have younger siblings? Do they get special treatment compared to you?
Date Asked: October 14, 2016
Sample Size: 606
Results:
Yes & Yes: 228
Yes & No: 136
No but Yes: 63
No & No: 179
Survey Results
Would you pay $500 for a device that did all of your personal hygiene for you?
Date Asked: October 24, 2016
Sample Size: 497
Results:
Yes: 177
No: 320
Survey Results
How ticklish are you?
Date Asked: October 28, 2016
Sample Size: 436
Results:
Not at all: 57
A little: 87
A bit: 51
Very: 241
Survey Results
Should we end the suffrage of women?
Date Asked: November 08, 2016
Sample Size: 338
Results:
Yes (Male): 76 Yes (Female): 58
No (Male): 90 No (Female): 124
Survey Results
Is band a sport?
Date Asked: November 11, 2016
Sample Size:
Results:
Yes: 122
No: 622
Survey Results
On a bus, do you prefer to sit alone or next to someone?
Date Asked: November 11, 2016
Sample Size: 699
Results:
Alone: 484
Next to someone: 175
Depends: 40
Survey Results
Do your parents think internet pop culture is stupid?
Date Asked: November 14, 2016
Sample Size: 675
Results:
Yes: 349
No: 244
I don’t know: 82
Survey Results
Would you buy a one way ticket to Mars?
Date Asked: November 15, 2016
Sample Size: 807
Results:
Yes: 313
No: 494
Survey Results
Do you follow a religion?
Date Asked: November 17, 2016
Sample Size: 960
Results:
Yes: 519
No: 402
Somewhat: 39
Survey Results
Is three bread on top of each other a sandwich?
Date Asked: November 21, 2016
Sample Size: 571
Results:
Yes: 224
No: 347
Survey Results
If a sibling offered you a massage, would you take it?
Date Asked: November 21, 2016
Sample Size: 497
Results:
Yes: 236
No: 261
Survey Results
Is cheerleading a sport?
Date Asked: November 22, 2016
Sample Size: 490
Results:
Yes (Male): 91 Yes (Female): 169
No (Male): 149 No (Female): 81
Survey Results
Do you think Internet pop culture is stupid?
Date Asked: November 29, 2016
Sample Size: 679
Results:
Yes: 326
No: 281
Sometimes: 72
Survey Results
How often do you wear a hat outside of school?
Date Asked: November 30, 2016
Sample Size: 627
Results:
Often: 149
Sometimes: 185
Seldom: 292
Survey Results
Given the chance, would you visit the moon?
Date Asked: December 01, 2016
Sample Size: 573
Results:
Yes: 437
No: 136
Survey Results
Do you have positive, negative, or neutral connotation toward school?
Date Asked: December 01, 2016
Sample Size: 499
Results:
Positive: 86
Negative: 225
Neutral: 188
Survey Results
Is there such a thing as “worse than death?”
Date Asked: December 02, 2016
Sample Size: 542
Results:
Yes: 464
No: 78
Survey Results
Do you watch televised sports?
Date Asked: December 05, 2016
Sample Size: 742
Results:
Yes: 479
No: 263
Survey Results
Is public display of affection appropriate?
Date Asked: December 07, 2016
Sample Size: 614
Results:
Yes (Male): 91 Yes (Female): 99
No (Male): 117 No (Female): 120
Depends (Male): 76 Depends (Female): 108
Survey Results
Are slippers shoes?
Date Asked: December 12, 2016
Sample Size: 712
Results:
Yes: 385
No: 327
Survey Results
Do you like puns?
Date Asked: December 13, 2016
Sample Size: 575
Results:
Yes: 469
No: 106
Survey Results
Have you ever used a VCR?
Date Asked: December 19, 2016
Sample Size: 569
Results:
Yes: 526
No: 43
Survey Results
Do you have more than five tabs open on your phone?
Date Asked: December 21, 2016
Sample Size: 643
Results:
Yes: 279
No: 364
Survey Results
On a scale of 0-10, 2015 being a 5, rate 2016.
Date Asked: December 22, 2016
Sample Size: 418
Results:
0: 78 6: 42
1: 38 7: 39
2: 55 8: 21
3: 51 9: 6
4: 32 10: 20
5: 36
Survey Results
Should death be used as a punishment?
Date Asked: January 04, 2017
Sample Size: 632
Results:
Yes (Male): 180 Yes (Female): 122
No (Male): 117 No (Female): 213
Survey Results
Is horse riding a sport?
Date Asked: January 05, 2017
Sample Size: 768
Results:
Yes: 564
No: 204
Survey Results
Do you believe in good/bad luck?
Date Asked: January 13, 2017
Sample Size: 524
Results:
Yes: 388
No: 136
Survey Results
Do you believe in karma?
Date Asked: January 17, 2017
Sample Size: 705
Results:
Yes (Male): 220 Yes (Female): 300
No (Male): 126 No (Female): 59
Survey Results
Do you have a voice in your head?
Date Asked: January 18, 2017
Sample Size: 736
Results:
Yes (Male): 214 Yes (Female): 286
No (Male): 100 No (Female): 116
Survey Results
Have memes gone too far?
Date Asked: January 20, 2017
Sample Size: 453
Results:
Yes: 157
No: 296
Survey Results
Is hell a swear word?
Date Asked: January 24, 2017
Sample Size: 519
Results:
Yes (Male): 43 Yes (Female): 29
No (Male): 195 No (Female): 188
Depends (Male): 20 Depends (Female): 44
Survey Results
Should parenting require a license?
Date Asked: January 25, 2017
Sample Size: 680
Results:
Yes (Male): 114 Yes (Female): 113
No (Male): 241 No (Female): 212
Survey Results
What’s the lowest score you’ve gotten on a test?
Date Asked: January 26, 2017
Sample Size: 601
Results:
Under 10%: 71 50%-59%: 101
10%-19%: 57 60%-69%: 91
20%-29%: 40 70%-79%: 51
30%-39%: 56 80-89%: 15
40%-49%: 81 90%-100%: 8
I don’t know: 30
Survey Results
Will the world end in our lifetime?
Date Asked: January 27, 2017
Sample Size: 396
Results:
Yes (Male): 45 Yes (Female): 44
No (Male): 155 No (Female): 152
Survey Results
Given the money, would you buy a Tesla?
Date Asked: February 02, 2017
Sample Size: 526
Results:
Yes: 331
No: 154
I don’t know: 51
Survey Results
Who would win in a fight: a spear, a machete, or a bat with nails?
Date Asked: February 06, 2017
Sample Size: 542
Results:
Spear: 137
Machete: 223
Bat with nails: 182
Survey Results
Would you accept a cubic zirconia ring— which one is the diamond?
Date Asked: February 14, 2017
Sample Size:
Results:
Yes-Diamond: 160 No-Diamond: 41
Yes-Cubic Zirconia: 64 No-Cubic Zirconia: 21
Yes-Moissanite: 73 No-Moissanite: 16
Survey Results
Do you believe in aliens?
Date Asked: February 16, 2017
Sample Size: 524
Results:
Yes: 343
No: 181
Survey Results
Is the moon landing a hoax?
Date Asked: February 16, 2017
Sample Size: 481
Results:
Yes: 89
No: 382
Survey Results
Do you believe in ghosts?
Date Asked: February 17, 2017
Sample Size: 430
Results:
Yes: 246
No: 184
Survey Results
Do you write in cursive?
Date Asked: February 21, 2017
Sample Size: 701
Results:
Yes: 151
No: 441
Sometimes: 109
Survey Results
Are you smarter than the average high school student?
Date Asked: February 22, 2017
Sample Size: 617
Results:
Yes: 383
No: 189
I don’t know: 45
Survey Results
How do you consume news?
Date Asked: February 23, 2017
Sample Size: 617
Results:
Reading: 122
Watching: 123
Both: 139
Neither: 132
Survey Results
Do you say the Pledge of Allegiance?
Date Asked: February 23, 2017
Sample Size: 461
Results:
Yes: 272
No: 189
Survey Results
Have you ever been to Disney World?
Date Asked: February 24, 2017
Sample Size: 464
Results:
Yes: 314
No: 150
Survey Results
If you saw your best friend commit murder, would you still be their friend?
Date Asked: February 27, 2017
Sample Size: 572
Results:
Yes (Male): 156 Yes (Female): 179
No (Male): 76 No (Female): 65
Depends (Male): 49 Depends (Female): 47
Survey Results
Have you ever been grounded?
Date Asked: February 28, 2017
Sample Size: 530
Results:
Yes: 320
No: 210
Survey Results
Do you like horses?
Date Asked: March 01, 2017
Sample Size: 446
Results:
Yes (Male): 163 Yes (Female): 204
No (Male): 55 No (Female): 25
Survey Results
If everyone believes in a lie, does that make it true?
Date Asked: March 02, 2017
Sample Size: 589
Results:
Yes: 97
No: 492
Survey Results
Is there such a thing as a stupid question?
Date Asked: March 13, 2017
Sample Size: 619
Results:
Yes: 491
No: 128
Survey Results
Do you know anyone named Lily?
Date Asked: March 17, 2017
Sample Size: 945
Results:
Yes: 473
No: 492
Survey Results
Should the drinking age be changed?
Date Asked: March 17, 2017
Sample Size: 502
Results:
Raised: 35
Lowered: 274
Left alone: 193
Survey Results
Is it immoral to declaw cats?
Date Asked: March 22, 2017
Sample Size: 462
Results:
Yes: 182
No: 280
Survey Results
Should humans be allowed to marry autonomous robots?
Date Asked: March 23, 2017
Sample Size: 480
Results:
Yes: 191
No: 289
Survey Results
Do you like April Fool’s Day?
Date Asked: March 23, 2017
Sample Size: 450
Results:
Yes: 347
No: 103
Survey Results
Would you rather buy American goods or cheaper overseas goods?
Date Asked: March 27, 2017
Sample Size: 499
Results:
American: 308
Overseas: 191
Survey Results
Have you ever been inside of a taxi?
Date Asked: March 28, 2017
Sample Size: 725
Results:
Yes: 546
No: 179
Survey Results
Are humans good, bad, or neutral by nature?
Date Asked: March 29, 2017
Sample Size: 438
Results:
Good: 82
Neutral: 260
Bad: 96
Survey Results
Would you rather be a loved or a feared leader?
Date Asked: March 30, 2017
Sample Size: 451
Results:
Loved: 313
Feared: 138
Survey Results
Would you rather be a samurai, a knight, or a viking?
Date Asked: March 31, 2017
Sample Size: 447
Results:
Samurai: 221
Knight: 93
Viking: 133
Survey Results
Should we develop genetically superior offspring?
Date Asked: April 04, 2017
Sample Size: 496
Results:
Yes: 167
No: 329
Survey Results
Do you like apples?
Date Asked: April 04, 2017
Sample Size: 482
Results:
Yes: 441
No: 41
Survey Results
Do you care about school athletics?
Date Asked: April 06, 2017
Sample Size: 195
Results:
Yes: 134
No: 61
Survey Results
Would you rather buy the name brand or the cheaper generic?
Date Asked: April 06, 2017
Sample Size: 182
Results:
Name brand: 96
Generic: 86
Survey Results
Is hitting someone with a computer cyberbullying?
Date Asked: April 06, 2017
Sample Size: 190
Results:
Yes: 81
No: 109
Survey Results
Have you ever been in an Uber?
Date Asked: April 10, 2017
Sample Size: 520
Results:
Yes: 215
No: 305
Survey Results
Do you use an umbrella in the rain?
Date Asked: April 10, 2017
Sample Size: 512
Results:
Yes: 242
No: 202
Sometimes: 68
Survey Results
Do you dislike United Airlines?
Date Asked: April 11, 2017
Sample Size: 376
Results:
Yes: 172
No: 204
Survey Results
Should the toilet seat go up or down?
Date Asked: April 12, 2017
Sample Size: 401
Results:
Up (Male): 60 Up (Female): 5
Down (Male): 112 Down (Female): 206
No preference (Male): 18 No preference (Female): 5
Survey Results
Is Pluto a planet?
Date Asked: April 18, 2017
Sample Size: 418
Results:
Yes: 252
No: 166
Survey Results
Will you get a tattoo in the future?
Date Asked: April 19, 2017
Sample Size: 443
Results:
Yes: 209
No: 179
Maybe: 55
Survey Results
Have you ever broken a bone?
Date Asked: April 19, 2017
Sample Size: 431
Results:
Yes: 201
No: 230
Survey Results
Would you rather have your flight delayed eight hours, or have your luggage lost?
Date Asked: April 20, 2017
Sample Size: 429
Results:
Eight hour delay: 395
Luggage lost: 34
Survey Results
Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?
Date Asked: April 21, 2017
Sample Size: 374
Results:
Yes: 86
No: 243
Sometimes: 45
Survey Results
Would you allow ads to flash on your walls if you were paid?
Date Asked: April 21, 2017
Sample Size: 337
Results:
Yes: 210
No: 127
Survey Results
Would you rather know when you die or how you die?
Date Asked: April 24, 2017
Sample Size: 447
Results:
When: 184
How: 263
Survey Results
Have you ever been inside of a Denny’s?
Date Asked: April 24, 2017
Sample Size: 444
Results:
Yes: 306
No: 138
Survey Results
How many AP classes are you currently taking?
Date Asked: April 25, 2017
Sample Size: 394
Results:
0: 220
1: 82
2: 45
3 or more: 47
Survey Results
Would you rather live in the future or in the past?
Date Asked: April 26, 2017
Sample Size: 515
Results:
Future: 311
Past: 204
Survey Results
Which are better: glasses or contact lenses?
Date Asked: April 26, 2017
Sample Size: 445
Results:
Glasses: 223
Contacts: 222
Survey Results
Do you prefer apples or oranges?
Date Asked: April 27, 2017
Sample Size: 473
Results:
Apples: 247
Oranges: 162
Survey Results
Do pineapples belong on pizza?
Date Asked: April 28, 2017
Sample Size: 462
Results:
Yes: 216
No: 246
Survey Results
Do you prefer fruit rollups or fruit by the foot?
Date Asked: April 28, 2017
Sample Size: 409
Results:
Fruit Rollups: 217
Fruit by the Foot: 192
Survey Results
Given the chance, would you visit Antarctica?
Date Asked: May 01, 2017
Sample Size: 329
Results:
Yes: 254
No: 75
Survey Results
Do you get cold easily?
Date Asked: May 03, 2017
Sample Size:
Results:
Yes (Male): 124 Yes (Female): 192
No (Male): 120 No (Female): 48
Survey Results
Have you ever been inside of an Arby’s?
Date Asked: May 03, 2017
Sample Size: 494
Results:
Yes: 293
No: 201
Survey Results
Do you know anybody named Abby?
Date Asked: May 04, 2017
Sample Size: 399
Results:
Yes: 385
No: 14
Survey Results
How often do you check your school email?
Date Asked: May 05, 2017
Sample Size: 356
Results:
More than once a day: 92
Daily: 180
Several times a week: 29
Weekly: 18
Less often than that: 37
Survey Results
Do the ends justify the means?
Date Asked: May 05, 2017
Sample Size: 349
Results:
Yes: 147
No: 124
Sometimes: 78
Survey Results
Have you ever been to Chipotle?
Date Asked: May 05, 2017
Sample Size: 344
Results:
Yes: 249
No: 95
Survey Results
Have you ever had detention?
Date Asked: May 06, 2017
Sample Size: 341
Results:
Yes: 152
No: 189
Survey Results
Do you use Snapchat?
Date Asked: May 06, 2017
Sample Size: 335
Results:
Yes: 296
No: 39
Survey Results
Have you ever left North America?
Date Asked: May 08, 2017
Sample Size: 266
Results:
Yes: 168
No: 98
Survey Results
Do you know anyone named Megan?
Date Asked: May 09, 2017
Sample Size: 372
Results:
Yes: 352
No: 20
Survey Results
Is cinnamon a condiment?
Date Asked: May 10, 2017
Sample Size: 342
Results:
Yes: 115
No: 227
Survey Results
Do you own a fidget spinner?
Date Asked: May 11, 2017
Sample Size: 242
Results:
Yes: 54
No: 188
Survey Results
Can you dab?
Date Asked: May 11, 2017
Sample Size: 234
Results:
Yes: 172
No: 62
Survey Results
Would you rather do military service or an equal amount of community service?
Date Asked: May 12, 2017
Sample Size: 101
Results:
Military: 34
Community: 57
Survey Results
Do you use Reddit?
Date Asked: May 15, 2017
Sample Size: 347
Results:
Yes: 87
No: 262
Survey Results
Have you ever used Google’s “I’m Feeling Lucky” button?
Date Asked: May 16, 2017
Sample Size: 338
Results:
Yes: 162
No: 176
Survey Results
Have you ever been to Bagel Crust?
Date Asked: May 16, 2017
Sample Size: 351
Results:
Yes: 221
No: 130
Survey Results
Do you want to have children in the future?
Date Asked: May 17, 2017
Sample Size: 466
Results:
Yes: 349
No: 86
Maybe: 31
Survey Results
Can you ice skate?
Date Asked: May 18, 2017
Sample Size: 382
Results:
Yes: 250
No: 132
Survey Results
Do you prefer butter or margarine?
Date Asked: May 19, 2017
Sample Size: 284
Results:
Butter: 258
Margarine: 26
Survey Results
Which Harry Potter book is the best?
Date Asked: May 19, 2017
Sample Size:
Results:
Sourcerer's Stone (1): 55 Chamber of Secrets (5): 27
Chamber of Secrets (2): 14 Half Blood Prince (6): 14
Prisoner of Azkaban (3): 36 Deathly Hallows (7): 33
Goblet of Fire (4): 36 I don't know: 22
Haven't read them: 72
Survey Results
Do you have a positive, negative, or neutral opinion of self driving cars?
Date Asked: May 22, 2017
Sample Size: 358
Results:
Positive: 130
Negative: 94
Neutral: 134
Survey Results
Is a frisbee thrown or tossed?
Date Asked: May 23, 2017
Sample Size: 267
Results:
Thrown: 186
Tossed: 81
Survey Results
Do you prefer socks that can be seen or that can’t?
Date Asked: May 24, 2017
Sample Size: 337
Results:
Can (Male): 90 Can (Female): 70
Cannot (Male): 46 Cannot (Female): 88
Depends (Male): 22 Depends (Female): 21
Survey Results
Should the baseball cap visor go in front or in the back?
Date Asked: May 24, 2017
Sample Size: 337
Results:
Front (Male): 118 Front (Female): 122
Back (Male): 25 Back (Female): 28
Either (Male): 22 Either (Female): 22
Survey Results
Was the automatic flushing toilet a good invention?
Date Asked: May 25, 2017
Sample Size: 226
Results:
Yes (Male): 62 Yes (Female): 82
No (Male): 34 No (Female): 48
Survey Results
Would you use a real life mute button?
Date Asked: May 26, 2017
Sample Size: 335
Results:
Yes: 304
No: 31
Survey Results
Have you ever walked on a street without shoes on?
Date Asked: May 26, 2017
Sample Size: 342
Results:
Yes: 301
No: 41
Survey Results
Would you rather be blind or deaf?
Date Asked: May 30, 2017
Sample Size: 331
Results:
Blind: 86
Deaf: 245
Survey Results
How old is your youngest friend?
Date Asked: May 31, 2017
Sample Size: 300
Results:
0: 10 6: 18 12: 20
1: 8 7: 13 13: 32
2: 13 8: 9 14: 38
3: 8 9: 9 15: 35
4: 12 10: 16 16: 17
5: 20 11: 9 17+: 13
Survey Results
If the school sold soda cans, what’s the most you’d pay for one?
Date Asked: May 31, 2017
Sample Size: 294
Results:
$0.25 or less: 10 $1.25: 18
$0.50: 40 $1.50: 30
$0.75: 34 $2.00 or more: 16
$1.00: 93 I wouldn't: 53
Survey Results
Is automation a good thing or a bad thing?
Date Asked: June 01, 2017
Sample Size: 350
Results:
Good: 207
Bad: 81
Both: 62
Survey Results
Can you scratch every part of your back?
Date Asked: Unknown
Sample Size: 566
Results:
Yes: 306
No: 261
Survey Results
Which superpower would you prefer: time travel, stopping time, or teleportation?
Date Asked: Unknown
Sample Size: 324
Results:
Time travel: 85
Stopping time: 88
Teleportation: 151
Survey Results
On a first date, who should pay?
Date Asked: Unknown
Sample Size: 189
Results:
The Guy (Male): 37 The Guy (Female): 24
The Girl (Male): 7 The Girl (Female): 1
Both even (Male): 11 Both even (Female): 17
Each own costs (Male): 7 Each own costs (Female): 7
Who asked (Male): 34 Who asked (Female): 44