The Week contest: Census Question - Jan. 22, 2010

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Results: We asked you to come up with a new census category or question that would help to define Americans in a truly revealing way. You queried:

FIRST PRIZE: Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks?

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Sara Steinbauer, North Wales, PA

SECOND PRIZE: Do you own a ShamWow?

Steve Kaplan, St. Louis Park, MN

THIRD PRIZE: Which elected official do you most regret voting for?

Bob Linfors, Miami

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

How would you classify your celebrity status? (Check all that apply):

*Reality Show

*Sex Scandal

*YouTube Sensation

Sarah Hovis, Rochester Hills, MI

How deep in debt are you?

Ron Munn, Green Valley, AZ

Do you know your neighbor’s name?

Brian Rhoads, West Chester, OH

Are you wider than your flat screen TV?

Justin Oetting, Carlsbad, CA

Can we trick you into checking a box? __YES __NO

Cathy Curtis, Finksburg, MD

How many months ago did your unemployment benefits run out?

Susan Rhoads, West Chester, OH

How many Twitter followers do you have?

Harvey Randall, Schenectady, NY

What was the balance due on your credit card last month?

Roger Cernius, Belen, NM

What reality or game show best describes your current living situation?

Konrad Schwoerke, Chapel Hill, NC

Aruglua or iceberg?

Lisa Katz, Cherry Hill, NJ

Letterman or Leno?

Laura Kudron, Hernando, FL

Walmart or Target?

Pete Caritas, Minneapolis

Curly or Shemp?

Brett Taylor, Harriman, TN

What is your technicity?

-Caveman

-Paper and pencil

-Typewriter

-Calculator

-PC

-Mobile

-Android

-Other

Doug Saber, Potsdam, NY

Is your primary residence:

-Owned

-Rented

-Squatted in

-Foreclosed

-Also primary vehicle

-Floating away

-Parents’ house

-Neighbor’s house when neighbor is at work

-Neighbor’s secondary vehicle

-Dry spot under overpass won in a knife fight

Bill Muse, Seattle