I'll go with Crime and Punishment.
What is your favorite type of food? (Spanish, Chinese, etc.)
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I'll go with Crime and Punishment.
What is your favorite type of food? (Spanish, Chinese, etc.)
Hard to pick a favorite, but I do go for both Greek and Italian as well as Indian. I've probably had more Indian lately.
Have you ever dated a troubadour?
Ha ha, no.
What musical instrument do you (can you) play?
I can play the piano and the flute.
Which book(s) have you read most often?
The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ; I'm thinking of reading it in French for the next iteration.
What is your favorite app/program on your smart device/computer ?
Ancestry (I broke down and joined)
Do you believe in ghosts (yes or no only)?
YES
Do you avidly follow horoscopes?
No (and there are no ghosts, either :))
Have you ever eaten snake?
No.
(Would have been interesting, though)
Which 5 books would you take with you on a deserted island?
It's actually tasteless--like my sense of humor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benjy
Well, probably the Dostoyevsky novels we were discussing because they were meant to be read over and over, and since there is always something new to learn from them. For the fifth one, it's a cliche (but then so is the question), but probably Tolstoy's War and Peace for the same reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benjy
What five islands would you take a book to?
Santa Catalina Island, Shaw Island, Fiji(s), Azores, New Zealand(s)
What is your favorite haunt (in any form of the word) ?
Haunt Mabel. She's a sweetie.
If you could take ten books to only one prison, which prison would it be?
The one next to my town ... most convenient
Which five Classical authors would you like to meet in person?
With appropriate translators as necessary: Homer, Rudyard Kipling, Dante Alighieri, Aesop, Edgar Allan Poe
What word continues to trip you up with its spelling when writing ?
Its/it's. I know the difference, but the corrective/predictive artificial stupidity (AS) on my IPad doesn't.
And your question is ... ?
Hmmm, that's a challenging one. Okay, if you could have dinner with anyone from all history, what would you order for desert?
Ice cream, probably.
Which 10 books would you take with you on a deserted Island?
Well, the old joke answer is that you would only need one: Elementary Shipbuilding. But okay, in addition to the five novels I mentioned earlier, I would take Journey to the West, the Bible, Tom Jones, Vanity Fair, and (if it's not cheating) the Complete Works of Shakespeare. But no Dickens. He's great but way too judgmental to take to a deserted island. I'd hang myself from the coconut tree on the first day.
Would you rather read a Stephen King novel or be eaten by a bear?
Well, I would hope reading the Stephen King novel was less damaging.
Which are your 10 favourite orchestral works in Classical music?
These questions cause too much input for me... simple questions would be easier....
I will give you my favorite Orchestral work, never mind the other nine, if you'll forgive me. My favorite is Vivaldi, The Four Seasons.. all of dem. ;)
What was your favorite subject in school?
Should we perhaps open a second thread for questions that are causing more input? :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by kiz_paws
Maths.
Which are your favourite 3 composers?
Hyperledger, Quantum, and Visual
Who is your favorite comedian ?
Nigel Hawthorne ("Yes, Prime Minister").
Who are your 3 favourite composers of Classical music?
(Nigel was a gas in both of the "Minister" series.)
Too many to choose... Mahler, Liszt, Mozart, (und so weiter...).................................. Copeland
What is your favorite book of the dystopian genre ?
Well, I havent' read much of this genre. Besides some hardly known German books (mostly by Andreas Schlüter), the only one on Wikipedia's dystopian literature list that I had entirely read was "That Hideous Strength" (C.S. Lewis). So I take that one, although towards the end it became more and more confusing and disappointing to me, though always with a lot of suspense.
Which is the funniest book you have ever read?
The Tommyknockers, by S. King.
What is your favorite opera?
Tough one... The Marriage of Figaro over Carmen by a whisker - and many others by a nose... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YotMwwixPsw
And your question is ... ?
OK, then I'll continue.
What are your 3 favourite symphonies?
Any of Rachmaninoff's Symphonies.
What would you do if you stood behind someone who was verbally abusing the cashier at your local grocery store?
I would be forced to intervene with my machete. (I never leave home without it).
Who is your favourite dictator?
Duplicate.
Angela Merkel
What is your least favorite kind of footwear?
stiletto high heels *ouch*
Do you get along with your neighbors?
Absolutely... though the rooster has to go (I can hear it from a quarter of a mile away).
What is your biggest food craving ?
I dont have any food cravings but I do like a variety. I like food and all sorts is great.
what is your wildest dream? ;)
Flying unaided
What is #1 on your bucket list ?
I don't have a bucket list sorry :nonod:
what is your worst fear?
Getting arthritis (I am a pianist...) :(
What is your favorite dinner (that someone else prepares for you)?