Richard Bacon
English television and radio presenter
Sheryl Sandberg at Facebook.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Identity & self
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Values & belief
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.
Filippo Grandi, United Nations Refugee Agency high commissioner.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2025 source ↗
Others on this question
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Alison Steadman
British actress
I have great hopes for Barack Obama.
Noam Chomsky, Barack Obama.
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View profile →Being in process on a creative project I love.
Probably as a small child in a pool in my mother’s arms.
Losing my mind.
Self-importance.
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