It's tempting to think that to win this game, you have to join the collective, but really you're just exposing how well you can clone your friends. This of course includes knowing if THEY would answer how they think YOU would answer. Tricky stuff.
On French roads there were small marker stones giving the distance in kilometers to the next town. In this famous old French card game, players compete to drive 1000 km, dealing with hazards along the way.