About Question The Day
One question.
About twenty-five strangers.
Almost no filtering.
A street-interview series by Michael — Big Nose Michael. Every episode he picks one question, walks up to strangers, asks every one of them the same thing, and keeps nearly every answer.
- questions asked
- 200+
- views of this page
- 0
- views of the site
- 0
- places
- 30+
It isn’t a poll.
Nobody is counted, ranked or graded here, and no answer is the right one. The point is range: how many different directions twenty-five people take the same few words — the joke, the confession, the lecture, the shrug.
Some questions are huge (What is reality?), some are about where we were standing (What do you think about tourists?), some are just fun (What is your least favorite number?). Curiosity is the only rule.
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A question
Timely, silly, or enormous. One per episode, asked word for word to everyone.
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The street
Mostly New York, and a trip through thirty-odd cities — Manila, Cape Town, Budapest, Rio. Whoever stops, answers.
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The cut
Nearly every answer stays in. A minute or two, a whole street of opinions.
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Posted
On YouTube and Instagram as @bignosemichael, and every one lives here with its own page.
You’re the twenty-sixth stranger.
What should we ask next?
Put a question on the list; the most wanted get asked. Suggest one that’s already there and it counts as your vote. Already asked on the street? We take you straight to that video.
Suggest a question → 2 · AnswerAnswer any of them
Every episode page asks you too. Write an answer — anonymous, no account, up straight away — or film yourself; filmed answers are watched before they appear.
Answer today’s question → 3 · Pass it onAsk someone else
Every episode has a Share button. The best version of this is you asking the person next to you.
Find a question →Each page view is counted. Unless your browser asks not to be tracked (Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track), we also note, for that view only: which page, the site you came from (its name, not the address), campaign tags in the link, whether you’re on a phone, tablet or computer, your browser and system type, your language, your time zone, your screen width to the nearest 50 pixels, and how long the page was open.
No cookies, no IP addresses, nothing that recognises you on your next visit, and nothing shared with anyone else. Those notes are deleted after 13 months. Answers and suggestions are anonymous; we don’t ask for a name. Questions about any of it: @bignosemichael.