Coincidence that Yahoo's Straight Dope knockoff had same question as SD yesterday?

General Questions
#1

Yesterday’s (7.16.2006) “Ask Yahoo” question is exactly the same question that is listed as yesterday’s question on Straight Dope’s home page. Is this just a huge coincidence, or could it be something more sinister?

Yahoo:
“How much money (in US$) would I get if we divided up all the wealth in the world into equal amounts?”
http://ask.yahoo.com/20060717.html

Straight Dope:
“If the world’s wealth were divided equally, how much would each of us have?”

#2

I already did this and got scolded:

But I wonder, too.

#3

Oh, I didn’t see that. I agree with you though; this is very strange.

#4

I’m curious why someone from London would specifically request the answer in US dollars.

:dubious:

#5

Imitation, flattery, all that.

#6

I should note that the answer each gives is quite different (Y:$6,600, SD:$15,500). The population and/or wealth hasn’t changed that much since 1991, has it?

#7

Yahoo: $6,685.92, SD:$3,100. The 15k figure is for a family of 5. Doubled income is probably reasonable over 15 years, but Cecil is still more right if it comes down to that.