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What the world thinks

One question a day, answered all over the place. Here is what came back: the landslides, the dead heats, and the countries that went their own way.

The week

24 August – 30 August

6 questions, 67 answers, 2 countries.

81% of the world

81% say office chairs should spin as fast as they like, no limits.

Yes, yes, yes81%
No, no, no19%
44%

The world split down the middle: 44% would join a squishy food fight, 56% wouldn't.

The closest question of the week.

Published 30 August. Every figure is counted from the answers given that week.

The week

17 August – 23 August

6 questions, 158 answers, 3 countries.

83% want a warning bell fitted to every shopping trolley.

The world can't agree: 52% think we open the fridge over 20 times a day, 48% fewer.

52% agree

The closest question of the week.

Published 23 August. Every figure is counted from the answers given that week.

The week

10 August – 16 August

7 questions, 35 answers, 2 countries.

83% of the world

83% want every lift to play soft music rather than travel in silence.

Agree83%
Disagree17%
50%

The world splits clean in half over waking a friend at 2am for the sky.

The closest question of the week.

67% would join the whole street's giant shared meal rather than just watch.

67% agree

Asked because of what was happening that day.

38% reckon a ladder belongs at a birthday party even less than a traffic cone.

Published 16 August. Every figure is counted from the answers given that week.

The week

3 August – 9 August

7 questions, 32 answers.

67% say a snail starting a week early hasn't really won the race.

Only 9% think a talking shoe would open with a polite hello.

36% agree

60% back a statue to out-stare a fish, 40% back the fish.

The closest question of the week.

Statue60%
Fish40%

Published 16 August. Every figure is counted from the answers given that week.