Hans Zimmer
Film composer
Sir David Attenborough, John Prendergast.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Question
If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
Question
What song would you like played at your funeral?
Death & what remains
Question
What does love feel like?
Relationships
Question
When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
Question
What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
Question
What keeps you awake at night?
Daily life
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
My mother, because she is vivacious, amazing, brilliant, giving, strong and powerful.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 March 2018 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 403 →
Kelis Rogers
American singer
My mom. She has been a fashion designer and run a catering business.
President Zelenskyy.
Boris Becker
German tennis player, coach, and commentator
My sporting hero, Muhammad Ali.
More from Patrisse Khan-Cullors
View profile →My mentally ill brother going to juvenile hall when he was 14. It led to his incarceration from 14 to almost 40.
A Donny Hathaway song called Be Real Black For Me.
Pride, joy and freedom, but also hard, a struggle and work.
In elementary school. I loved learning.
For the service I gave to the black folk.
This administration.
More on values & belief
- What is the trait you most deplore in others? 196 answers
- What is something everyone in your world agrees about that you think is wrong? 78 answers
- What are you unwilling to optimise? 28 answers
- What have you come to understand about what it means to be human? 13 answers
- What is the most overrated virtue? 10 answers
- What do you need to believe in order to get through the day? 8 answers
Also answered this · A–Z
Abi Morgan, Adam Clayton, Adeel Akhtar, Adwoa Aboah, Alfre Woodard, Alice Eve
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All values & belief questions
- The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject