From which of the following people is it most difficult to keep a secret? |
My spouse or partner:
56%
My parent:
5%
My pet:
9%
My best friend:
22%
My neighbor:
2%
My interrogator:
5%
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Which of the following "secrets" is the biggest one you are currently keeping? |
I have a secret friend:
6%
I have a secret vice:
19%
I have a secret virtue:
3%
I have a secret weight:
6%
I have a secret age:
6%
None of these things is secret:
60%
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How many big secrets have you kept for longer than five years? |
None:
20%
One:
23%
Several:
42%
Too many to count:
15%
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Which of following is the best kind of secret to keep? |
One that reveals something bad happening to me:
27%
One that reveals something bad that is about to happen to someone else:
17%
One that reveals something good happening to me:
13%
One that reveals something good that is about to happen to another:
42%
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Which of the following is the worst kind of secret to keep? |
One that reveals something bad happening to me:
19%
One that reveals something bad that is about to happen to someone else:
60%
One that reveals something good happening to me:
7%
One that reveals something good that is about to happen to another:
14%
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Which of the following professionals should be most careful with the secrets they learn? |
Clergy:
39%
Lawyers:
30%
Doctors:
16%
Hairdressers:
9%
Bartenders:
5%
Accountants:
2%
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In general, who is better at keeping secrets? |
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Which of the following is the worst secret-keeping sin? |
Telling my best friend my partner's secret:
32%
Telling my partner my best friend's secret:
7%
Accidentally telling the same person a secret they told me but asked me to keep secret:
44%
Telling someone who hasn't finished the book the ending of the most recent Harry Potter adventure:
18%
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Which of the following types of "secrecy laws" is the most important to you? |
Laws, like Sunshine Laws, that make the activities of government open to the public:
59%
Laws, like Official Secrets Acts, that protect information that might be vital to national security:
41%
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Which of the following is the more apt punishment for someone who has blabbed your secret? |
Never tell them another secret:
87%
Tell someone one of their secrets:
13%
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Do you know someone to whom one cannot tell secrets because of his inability to keep anything secret? |
Yes:
77%
Yes, and it's me:
9%
Not really:
14%
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Do you tell your pets secrets that you don't tell anyone else? |
Yes:
27%
No:
50%
No, my cat/dog/snake/fish is a big gossip:
23%
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Which of the following St. Louis "secrets" would you most like to know? |
Trattoria Marcella's recipe for lobster risotto:
25%
When the St. Louis fire department will make promotions to captain and battalion chief:
11%
The names of the players on the Rams' roster for the first game of the season:
1%
A certain developer's plans for north St. Louis:
25%
The telephone number of the person who reduced the print size of the Post-Dispatch's Sunday comics:
16%
The anchor tenants at Ballpark Village:
22%
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Do you believe couples should keep some secrets from each other, or do you believe that total honesty is the best course? |
Some secrets:
70%
Total honesty:
30%
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Which of the following movies makes the best use of a secret? |
The Wizard of Oz:
19%
Witness for the Prosecution:
14%
The Count of Monte Cristo:
11%
The Crying Game:
31%
The Secret Garden:
18%
Tuck Everlasting:
6%
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