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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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What do you value most in your friends?
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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When were you happiest?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What keeps you awake at night?
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Oh, I have a long list. You should ask me what I like about myself—that list is much shorter.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2025 source ↗
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View all 250 →Fear of flying.
I’m terribly impatient.
Johnny Flynn
British actor and musician
Control freakery in the kitchen.
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View profile →That I’ll become a recluse with too many dogs.
Those who are both loyal and can cook.
Cooking out with my closest friends and laughing until we are crying.
This year's a pretty good year.
My niece, Petra Janney, who got her pilot’s license to rescue animals from rural kill shelters and have them placed with different pet adoption agencies.
Thank you notes I haven't written.
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