# Anyone fill in the XKCD survey? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 2, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712 "2015-09-02T15:47:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/21 "2015-09-02T17:18:06Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > ETA: Same here! Really? Damn, that’s weird. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/22 "2015-09-02T17:19:20Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > What I want to know is, for the question “Type “cat” in the box”, how many people included the quotation marks, and how may just typed cat without them. In the end, I just typed cat but I thought long and hard about exactly what I should put in that box before I did so. I probably spent more time on that ‘question’ than anything else on the survey. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/23 "2015-09-02T17:21:36Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > In the end, I just typed > > cat > > but I thought long and hard about exactly what I should put in that box before I did so. I probably spent more time on that ‘question’ than anything else on the survey. Given this, what did you put for on a scale of 1 to 5, which is your favorite number? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/24 "2015-09-02T17:21:59Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Yup, I did it. FOr some reason the first movie star I thought if was Tom Cruise. I hate Tom Cruise. Clint Eastwood was the correct answer. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/25 "2015-09-02T17:23:28Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Clint Eastwood was the correct answer. Hate him too! ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/26 "2015-09-02T17:25:09Z")
I typed cat without the quotation marks. I tend to not thing of the smart alec answer until it’s too late. I also always have a random celebrity pre-chosen for all those times people ask me to randomly name a celebrity (this way I avoid answers like “Tom Cruise”) My default celebrity is Cary Grant. You can’t go wrong with a man who looks fantastic in black and white. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/27 "2015-09-02T17:27:26Z")
I typed “cat” with the quotation marks and for the question “type five random words here,” I typed: five random words here. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/28 "2015-09-02T17:32:35Z")
I did it. I just typed cat, as I was trying to get through it quickly. My celebrity pick was Scarlett Johansson. I wonder how many people will pick females for that question. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/29 "2015-09-02T17:39:41Z")
> [@txtumbleweed](#): > > Took it, thought it was fun. Looking forward to being able to search the results and see how xkcd readers answer some of the open ended questions, especially the one that askes: what do you imagine when you think about where the internet is physically located? Dark blobs connected by webs of light, mostly underground. (Boring, I know.) > [@Horatius](#): > > What I want to know is, for the question “Type “cat” in the box”, how many people included the quotation marks, and how may just typed cat without them. I typed it without quotes. Programmer thing, I suppose–to me, the quotes indicate that it’s a literal string. > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Yup, I did it. FOr some reason the first movie star I thought if was Tom Cruise. I hate Tom Cruise. I thought of Charlton Heston. No idea why. Then I couldn’t think of anyone else for a few seconds, so I put his name in and moved on. > [@Jophiel](#): > > I played it straight on the vocab and didn’t look anything up although I suspect(ed) that some of the words were fake. Same here, though I looked them up after. Learned two new legit words; the rest of the ones I didn’t know appear to be fake. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/30 "2015-09-02T17:41:44Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Clint Eastwood was the correct answer. No it isn’t. Lilian Gish is the correct answer. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/31 "2015-09-02T17:50:01Z")
I too thought of Tom Cruise lol Also I know it would make me a girl, but I kinda wish my name was Catherine Person. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/32 "2015-09-02T17:50:07Z")
I take it that I’m the only one who said Boris Karloff? ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/33 "2015-09-02T17:55:59Z")
No quotes on the cat. While mashing keys, I kept hitting Caps Lock (on and off), and at one point Firefox put me in the address bar. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/34 "2015-09-02T18:08:29Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > No it isn’t. Lilian Gish is the correct answer. Peter O’Toole ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/35 "2015-09-02T18:13:31Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#): > > Peter O’Toole I’ll say it a second time, so it’s two out of three, which means it’s definitive and [**I win**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7wtNOkuHo). Lilian Gish. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/36 "2015-09-02T18:20:17Z")
I also wrote ‘“cat” here:’ And I’m totally doing that sock thing. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/37 "2015-09-02T18:21:12Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > What I want to know is, for the question “Type “cat” in the box”, how many people included the quotation marks, and how may just typed cat without them. > > With, btw. Totally with. > [@Wolverine](#): > > I typed “cat” here: with the colon included. While calzones, tacos, and quesadillas could be classified as sandwiches by some, I do not. Also, if you consider chocolate frosting a condiment, I have an answer to two of the questions (do you eat condiments and what was the last thing you ate). Totally with you on the calzones, tacos and quesadillas. I had a bit of consternation wondering if dill pickle spears are a condiment or a snack, and then realized that outside of Chicago (where they come on hot dogs), they’re probably a side dish/snack, not a condiment. So I put no. But now I regret it a little. Also, Brad Pitt. ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/38 "2015-09-02T18:40:43Z")
query: “random movie star” reply: “John Goodman in Big Lebowski” Sometimes, even my subconscious gets one right. For the “cat” question, I wondered immediately how many people would type “dog” or some other smart-aleck response. Was I just being a sheep and doing what I was told when I typed cat without the quotes? Probably. But, hopefully, I will one day learn to live with my failure. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/39 "2015-09-02T18:43:30Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > I’ll say it a second time, so it’s two out of three, which means it’s definitive and [**I win**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7wtNOkuHo). > > Lilian Gish. It doesn’t matter how many times you say it. It doesn’t even matter what question you ask. Lillian Gish is not the right answer for the same reason it’s never lupus. Which is to say, “reasons.” Regarding movies stars, I entered “Beetlejuice”. Because it’s a [movie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetlejuice) and a [star](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betelgeuse) (especially if you don’t know how to spell). ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/40 "2015-09-02T18:45:04Z")
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