Angela Hartnett
English chef
Procrastination.
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
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When were you happiest?
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What do you value most in your friends?
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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.
My ability to invariably say exactly the wrong thing in any given situation.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2014 source ↗
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My need to be liked.
Romesh Ranganathan
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My complete lack of organisation that affects all part of my life – my living space, my being in touch with people, everything. I am a walking shitshow.
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I would talk slower. When I hear myself interviewed sometimes it sounds like I’m running an auction.
It’s hard to pick one time. I feel like I’m quite a happy person. My ninth birthday was epic, though.
I like all my friends for different reasons, so it’s hard to pick one quality I value most highly overall.
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