Our Survey Said Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A coded survey for “Name something commonly found in a school bag” records book 42, pen 23, lunchbox 14, and calculator 8. If the highest answer is hidden, which option completes the board?
Calculator
Book
Pen
Lunchbox
2. Of 120 surveyed people, 36 answer “keys” to a prompt. What percentage of all respondents gave that answer?
20%
30%
36%
25%
3. One survey samples daily rail commuters, while another samples adults in general. For a question about usual travel to work, which answer is especially likely to be more common in the commuter survey?
Working from home
Car
Walking
Train
4. A 100-response board shows counts of 44, 26, 17, and 13. What percentage of responses fall within the two most common answers combined?
57%
61%
87%
70%
5. What is the main challenge in a survey-board or fortunes-style question?
Giving the most factually detailed response possible
Identifying responses that were commonly given by the surveyed group
Finding an answer that no other contestant will consider
Proving that the question has only one logically valid answer
6. In a survey of 200 people, 25% give the same answer. How many people gave that answer?
25
100
75
50
7. When trying to predict the top answer, which approach best fits the format?
Choose what you expect many surveyed people to say first
Choose the answer that is most personally meaningful to you
Choose the rarest answer that still fits the wording
Choose the answer requiring the most specialist knowledge
8. A prompt asks, “What do people most often drink with breakfast?” A contestant remembers drinking sparkling juice at one special breakfast. What should guide the contestant's answer?
How memorable the special breakfast was
Which drink has the most unusual flavor
What respondents are likely to report drinking frequently
Whether sparkling juice can technically be served in the morning
9. Two answers each receive 28 mentions, while every other answer receives fewer. How should the result be described?
The two answers are tied as the most common responses
Neither answer can appear because a survey board cannot contain ties
The two counts should be combined into one answer
The answer listed first is automatically the sole top answer
10. A survey asks, “Name something people take to the beach.” The coded responses are towel 38, sunscreen 25, swimsuit 17, and book 9. What is the top answer?
Sunscreen
Book
Swimsuit
Towel
11. A question allows each respondent to name several answers. Why might the percentages for all answer categories add up to more than 100%?
One person may contribute to more than one category
Percentages cannot be used when answers are coded
The largest category is always counted twice
Every survey must include more than 100 respondents
12. Raw responses include 27 mentions of “mobile phone” and 19 of “cell phone.” If the researcher combines those synonymous responses into one category, what is its count?
27
19
46
8
13. Exactly 100 people each provide one usable response. Four displayed answers have counts of 31, 24, 18, and 11. What do the remaining 16 responses represent?
Other valid responses not included among the four displayed answers
An automatic bonus added to the top answer
A mathematical error, because every response must appear separately
People who must have skipped the question
14. A survey asks people to name the first planet that comes to mind. What determines the top answer?
The first planet in alphabetical order
The planet closest to Earth at the moment the quiz is taken
The planet named by the largest number of respondents
The planet with the greatest scientific importance
15. The prompt is “Name a room where people often keep a refrigerator.” Which response matches the requested category most directly?
At home
Kitchen
Cold
Beside a cupboard
16. For the prompt “Name something with wheels,” a respondent says “my red car.” If descriptive details are removed during coding, how should that response most reasonably be recorded?
As an unusable response because it contains extra words
As “red,” because it distinguishes the response
As “car,” because that is the relevant answer category
As “wheels,” because that word appears in the prompt