I must have very bad luck because I died so many times that I eventually got the option to simply pick the answer to survive (I assume that happens if you die too much from RNG). At least dialogue from said deaths were funny (I can't believe I'm saying this, but maybe Spinner had a point...).
Unfortunately the metagame appears to be bugged as it didn't fire for me even though I survived the day, but I'm still glad I played it.