Students consider questions that would cause someone to lie


What is a question that people would most likely respond to with a lie?

Fourth-year genetics major
“Do you cook everyday?”

Third-year sociology major
“Do you brush your teeth every night before you go to sleep?”

Second-year comparative literature major
“How tall are you?”

Third-year managerial economics major
“What are your political views?”

Second-year biochemistry and microbiology double major
“What’s your GPA?”

Graduate student, mechanical engineering
“Would you give a cancer patient a cigarette on their death bed?”

Second-year political science major
“Are you lying to me?”

Second-year sociology major
“When was the last time you told a lie?”

Third-year women studies major
“Are you racist?”

Second-year managerial economics major
“How’s it going?”

Fourth-year political science and economics double major
“What’s the best question you can ask me?”

Second-year environmental science and management major
“Do I look fat?”

Second-year communication major
“What do you do on your free time?”
Photos by Jian Gelvezon.

