# Help me come up with some interesting questions for a fun survey **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 7, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-some-interesting-questions-for-a-fun-survey/605367 "2011-12-07T13:06:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-some-interesting-questions-for-a-fun-survey/605367/21 "2011-12-09T16:42:06Z")
People would be surprised to know that you \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ What would the title of your autobiography be? Do you want fries with that? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-some-interesting-questions-for-a-fun-survey/605367/22 "2011-12-09T16:51:08Z")
So if your plan is to only publish one answer a month, it would give you 8 YEARS worth of responses. In that time, half your respondents would have moved on to other jobs and the other half are saying “is he seriously still printing what I filled out a decade ago?” How about this. 24 questions, two questions published per month for one year. Next year this time, you do it again. I guarantee you that when you quarter the number of questions, you’ll at least double the number of people willing to participate. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-some-interesting-questions-for-a-fun-survey/605367/23 "2011-12-09T17:02:22Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > So if your plan is to only publish one answer a month, it would give you 8 YEARS worth of responses. In that time, half your respondents would have moved on to other jobs and the other half are saying “is he seriously still printing what I filled out a decade ago?” > > How about this. 24 questions, two questions published per month for one year. Next year this time, you do it again. I guarantee you that when you quarter the number of questions, you’ll at least double the number of people willing to participate. **Enderw24** , you’ve displayed a total lack of understanding about how this works. 🙂 Could be partly my fault. Anyway, I have re-considered the number of questions; I’ll probably go with 50 to make it more manageable and encourage more participation. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-some-interesting-questions-for-a-fun-survey/605367/24 "2011-12-09T17:08:29Z")
> [@Disheavel](#): > > Most famous person you’ve met? Or seen? > How many states have you visited? (US-centric) > Do you believe in ghosts? > \*Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? > What is the highest place you’ve ever been? (Mountain/building) > What was your first car? (Mercury Bobcat that we called the “screaming tree” due to its red blood paint and fake wood paneling) > > How fast have you ever driven in a car? ( 126 mph 1988 SAAB 900S on I680 headed down into the Missouri River valley just Northeast of Omaha) > > What did you wear to prom? (red cumberbunded tux- but it matched my date’s dress that she bought over a year earlier. She was so scary that I ended up breaking up with her two weeks after prom when she started humming, “here comes the bride”) > > Who taught you to drive? (Dick Hunhoff- my geometry teacher and driver’s ed instructor!) > > Where was your High School’s party location? (In a pasture 12 miles northwest of town, just across the county line as for some reason kids thought that being over the county line prevented being arrested.) > > Which of your parents are you more like? > > Are you your mom’s favorite child? > > Which of your siblings turned out the most different than expected? > > I think the key is to think about nostalgic things that people inevitably have a story about - traveling, cars, alcohol, dating, HS. > > \*Optional Don’t use any questions that presume your colleagues grew up in America, attended high school, have biological parents and siblings, and come from a typical middle-class background. Unless, of course you know that your colleagues grew up in America, attended high school, have biological parents and siblings, and come from a typical middle-class background. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-some-interesting-questions-for-a-fun-survey/605367.md?page=1)