What would you do before the end of the world?

But the survey revealed a strong hedonistic streak — 13 per cent would sit back, accept the inevitable and reach for a glass of champagne.

Sex appealed to only nine per cent while just three per cent would turn to prayer.

Two per cent intriguingly said they would reach for some fatty food while another two per cent decided, with just an hour’s life to go, that it was time to start looting.

The survey was commissioned by Ziji Publishing to mark the release of “Cloud Cuckoo Land” by debut novelist Steven Sivell who “uses the classic premise of an impending meteorite collision as a metaphor for threats to the human race.”