# Polls only: No discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 1, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642 "2021-11-01T18:21:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 276
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5510 "2024-11-11T20:52:57Z")
How old were you when you last got a cake (or other food item) on your birthday with lit candles on it? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5510))_ ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5511 "2024-11-12T03:14:20Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5511))_ ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5512 "2024-11-12T22:05:03Z")
Micromoles are funny! _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5512))_ ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5513 "2024-11-13T01:15:52Z")
You are in a ship with other passengers, when suddenly some calamity befalls the ship and you all go into the water. It is warm water, so there’s no risk of hypothermia (at least for now), but you have no lifejacket and you must swim to land, which is 1 mile away. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5513))_ ---
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5514 "2024-11-15T04:15:43Z")
Did you ever attend any kind of sleep-away camp as a child? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5514))_ ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5515 "2024-11-15T06:57:32Z")
If you were ever at a sleep-away camp as a young’un, it was _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5515))_ ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5516 "2024-11-15T08:17:25Z")
A sports team installs an AI system in their home stadium that analyzes its opponents and announces its opponent’s likeliest play…right before they run the play. (For instance, if it is likely, based off of data, that this opponent will run a screen pass to the left, the big video Jumbotron AI display in the stadium then announces: “SCREEN PASS TO THE LEFT” for all players and fans to see - the idea being to unnerve the opposing team if that was indeed the play they were intending to run.) _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5516))_ ---
**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:** [November 15, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5517 "2024-11-15T11:34:28Z")
Your smoke detector batteries… _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5517))_ ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5518 "2024-11-15T14:25:49Z")
Have you ever received an inheritance worth more than $1000 from a family member or relative? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5518))_ ---
**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:** [November 15, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5519 "2024-11-15T18:38:10Z")
How much total inheritance have you received in your life? Between: _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5519))_ ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5520 "2024-11-16T00:28:54Z")
Which of these advertising slogans or catchphrases can you name the company or product they advertised? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5520))_ Answer key: Time to make the donuts. Dunkin Donuts Where’s the beef? Wendy’s You got the right one, baby! Diet Pepsi Oh, what a feeling! Toyota We are driven. Datsun Who could ask for anything more? Toyota again Have you driven a \_\_\_\_ lately? Ford Whassup? Budweiser Fly the friendly skies. United Airlines We love to fly and it shows. Delta Air Lines The best part of waking up. Folgers Think different. Apple Think small. Volkswagen Think. IBM We bring good things to life. General Electric Avoid the Noid Domino’s ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5521 "2024-11-16T01:36:19Z")
Have you ever discarded cigarette butts on the ground, floor, out the car window, etc.? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5521))_ ---
**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:** [November 17, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5522 "2024-11-17T12:41:20Z")
How many **Taylor Swift** songs can you name off the top 'o your head? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5522))_ How many **Beatles** songs can you name off the top 'o your head? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5522))_ How many **Hank Williams** songs can you name off the top 'o your head? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5522))_ How many **The Clash** songs can you name off the top 'o your head? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5522))_ How many **Michael Bolton** songs can you name off the top 'o your head? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5522))_ ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5523 "2024-11-18T04:20:47Z")
You are a candidate in an election. It is debate time, and your opponent accuses you of being “woke.” How do you reply? (Bear in mind that his definition of woke, or society’s definition of woke, may be different than yours) _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5523))_ ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5524 "2024-11-18T22:00:29Z")
How many of the following writing systems can you read well enough to sound out words or transliterate/transcribe them into the English alphabet, even if not with 100% accuracy? Note that I’m not asking whether you can speak or understand any language written in these systems. It’s enough that if you see, for example, the Greek word διαφυλάξτε, you could say that it would be written or spoken something like _diafylaxte_ in English, even if you don’t know what that word means. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5524))_ ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5525 "2024-11-18T22:07:04Z")
Is “Just be yourself” good advice? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5525))_ ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5526 "2024-11-19T16:49:33Z")
You are the United States + South Korea + broader international community, or the United Nations. The North Korean dictator meets for denuclearization talks and says it is vital for domestic **PR purposes** for the North Korean populace to believe that its government continues to possess a nuclear arsenal, since nukes are a matter of great pride. At the same time, he knows the West will never invade North Korea, so the nukes are not actually needed for **military** purposes. The international community wants North Korea to get rid of its nukes, and North Korea is in dire need of food, money, technology, medicines, as always. The dictator’s proposal is that North Korea will conduct many nuclear “tests” (that are in fact North Korea getting rid of its arsenal by detonating its nukes, one by one, deep underground.) The West and the UN will be allowed to have many inspectors to verify that North Korea’s nuclear arsenal is indeed dwindling and eventually eliminated, this way. At the same time, the constant “testing” of nukes will give the North Korean population the impression that the regime is not only continuing to develop nukes, but in fact _growing_ in nuclear capabilities. (Each detonation underground causes a mild earth tremor/quake, which can be felt.) In return, the international community will give North Korea vast amounts of food and other forms of support. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5526))_ ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5527 "2024-11-20T09:39:12Z")
In an upcoming D&D game, there will be a tiny, chaotic good, tree sprite. Which of the following names is funnier for him? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5527))_ ---
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5528 "2024-11-20T14:13:36Z")
With regard to turkey: _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5528))_ ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5529 "2024-11-20T14:33:38Z")
My dog is: _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5529))_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642.md?page=275) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642.md?page=277)