Quiz - Who would you talk to from history? [Archive]

meridiantoo

03-05-2013, 01:24 AM

This is a recycled chat topic and one I couldn't find in the forum, so here goes...

If you could meet 3 people from history, who would they be and why? What would you ask them, discuss with them?

My choices would be:

1) Jesus - I would ask him why God allows people to suffer so.

2) Socrates - I would ask him everything!

3) Shakespeare- I would ask him to dinner and want to know his perspective on the human heart/soul.

In that order

AmazonWoman1

03-05-2013, 01:38 AM

Buddha

Da Vinci

Jesus-I so want to know if he existed.lol

Luv

03-05-2013, 02:12 AM

1 - Jesus - cause Im pre-trib and want the info ! 2 - Abraham Lincoln - just to be able to talk to this man would be awsome !l 3- Elvis Presley...I just wanna know why :(

Kobi

03-05-2013, 05:34 AM

Elizabeth Cady Stanton - the radical thinking activist with an unparalled vision for and of women. Just want to hear her ideas first hand and her strategies for achieving them.

Albert Einstein - I suck at science. But, I like philosophy and he was very philosophical. I would want to discuss his understanding and thoughts on human nature and life, and what influenced him to think this way.

George Washington - to discuss the principles and values behind what this nation was intended to be and the safeguards that were put in place to stop humans from straying from them.

Laidbackgrly

03-05-2013, 06:59 AM

Lucille Ball- She makes the world laff lords knows what we would talk about its Lucy?

Amelia Earhart- I think she WAS GAY

:canoworms:

Patrick Swayzy-Tell him I miss his acting its sad really he was so young.

Jean_TX

03-05-2013, 07:22 AM

Lao-Tze (a key figure in Taoism)

Leonardo DaVinci

Thomas Edison

Sweet Bliss

03-31-2013, 08:52 PM

Joan of Arc

Cleopatra

Mae West

Ascot

03-31-2013, 09:07 PM

1. Dorothy Parker-scathing beyond compare and positively brilliant.

2. Eleanor Roosevelt-such a humanist and forward thinking

3. Edward Hopper-one of my favorite painters, what the man could do with light and shadow can almost make me weep. His depictions of small glimpses of life, offices at night, breathtaking New England 'scapes, I love it all.

Kätzchen

04-21-2013, 03:34 PM

Carl Sagan - I don't know that I'd ever get to meet him in person, but I would love to have attended one of his guest lecture presentations and listened to his latest ideas on scientific matters pertinent to the human condition.

Chezlaw Milosz - I would like to have attended some of the classes he taught, to hear his personal narrative as it related to subjects studied. I've read his literature for quite sometime now and usually find myself immersed deeply while reading literature authored by him.

Eleanor Roosevelt - To have a cup of tea with her and talk about things that mattered most to her. To explore her perspective and take on what she might think of social issues on today's social dilemmas and what might prove useful, as a remedy - an agent of healing, for all.

Rockinonahigh

04-21-2013, 03:50 PM

My first choice would be Jesus because I would like to know his thoughts on how so many have taken his teachings then used them in so many ways he never intended for them to be used and what he would do if he could do anything about it.

Buddha,about the path to inner peace wich I never quite manage to find.

Mae West...her take on life was fantastic.

RNguy

04-21-2013, 03:50 PM

Nostradamus- wow I'd love to have his brain
Jesus- answers to my unanswered questions
Einstein- I dig his hair :)

No reason for this order to be honest

Sweet Bliss

05-13-2013, 10:05 AM

Mother Teresa

Judy Garland

Ben Franklin

thedivahrrrself

05-13-2013, 10:13 AM

~baby~doll~

05-13-2013, 11:17 AM

Anais Nin
i would sit at her feet waiting upon her precious words.
~
“You don't find love, it finds you. It's got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what's written in the stars.”
Anaïs Nin

Michelangelo
Watching his hands flow over the marble must be like watching lovers from a distant corner.

Janis Joplin So on edge. i would love to hear her sing again and speaking with her would be a privilege.

Daktari

05-13-2013, 02:38 PM

Freddie Mercury
Kurt Cobain
Michael Hutchence

Dorothy Parker
Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklas
Vita Sackville West

de Sade
Lord Byron
Mary Shelley

Annie Oakley
Gypsy Rose Lee
Betty Page

Caravaggio
Reubens
Johannes Vermeer

Siren's Song

08-03-2013, 01:33 AM

Frida and Diego together.

Carmen Amaya

Pablo Neruda

Hafiz

PoeticSilence

08-03-2013, 02:41 AM

Pablo Neruda for sure..
Nelson Mandela
Marc Chagall
Marco Polo (or) Jacques Costeau (or) Herodotus

Smiling

11-11-2013, 09:02 AM

1. Buddha
2. Jesus Christ
3. Gandhi
4. Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria
5. Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, John Lennon
6. Sitting Bull
7. Anne Frank
8. Mengele (not to imply that I have any admiration for that psychopath, of course; but to try to gain some sense of what the hell was going on in his mind).
9. Lao Tzu
10. Confucius
11. Nostradamus
12. Mary Magdalene

Virago

11-11-2013, 10:55 AM

Joan of Arc
Mary Queen of Scots and Queen Elizabeth
Edison

and I am also there with Dorothy Parker, at the Algonquin Round Table. So much quick and intelligent wit "She ran the gamut of emotions from A to B"

CherylNYC

11-11-2013, 02:18 PM

In no particular order:

Virginia Woolf. What a mind!

Johann Sebastian Bach. I wouldn't even care whether or not he said anything interesting. I would just want to bask in his presence.

Hildegarde von Bingen. An unsurpassed mystic and polymath who in the 11th century ruled Belgium, wrote astonishingly beautiful music including a wonderfully convincingly work about the superiority of women, and had girlfriends.

Louis Sullivan, as long as he was sober.

Alma Mahler. She had Gustav Mahler, Oskar Kokoshka, Walter Gropius, and Franz Werfel. 'Nuff said.

Michelangelo and DaVinci together, as long as no young boys were present.

Emma Stebbins. The first woman to get a major sculpture commission in the U.S., and leader of the, (ahem), Rome Amazons, a community of expat American women sculptors based just outside Rome in the 1850s. I want to meet any historic women who biographers describe as having an 'unconventional lifestyle'.

Blade

11-11-2013, 03:14 PM

Jesus
FDR
Theodore Roosevelt

Corkey

11-11-2013, 03:20 PM

Galen, Marie Curie, Aristotle, Hippocrates, Ptolemy, and Napoleon, him to ask what the hell was he thinking? And Thoreau.

not2shygrrl

11-11-2013, 04:14 PM

Georgia O'Keeffe : I would love to talk with her and watch her mouth move, I feel like the way she would speak would be as beautiful as her art ... <sigh>

Pope John Paul II : I fondly remember him as he was also Polish, I would like to have a heart to heart conversation with him about gays and women in the Catholic church.....

John Denver : I would want to hear him play live again, because I don't think he was finished with his career when it abruptly ended......

not2shygrrl

11-13-2013, 09:15 PM

this is a great thread! TY!

Kenna

11-13-2013, 09:49 PM

Helen Keller - she's always been my favorite ...for her high intelligence, her passion, her zest for life and advocacy, and her many accomplishments...
Nikola Tesla- for my love of science and the brilliant mind of an inventor
Jacqueline Cochran -for my love of aviation

iamkeri1

11-13-2013, 11:18 PM

Cleopatra,
Mary, Jesus' mom
Mary Magdalen
Abigail Adams
Susan B Anthony
Hillary Clinton
Del Martin and Phyllis Lyons.
Meg Christian
Diana Nyad

Smiling

12-19-2013, 09:21 AM

DMW

12-19-2013, 09:33 AM

I would love to collaborate on some projects with Nikola Tesla; either his projects or mine. I read his biography a few years ago and have had a thing about becoming a hobbyist electrician/inventor ever since.

Tesla invented AC while Edison invented DC. Or discovered.
The history of the two men and the cities that they " lit up" is quite fascinating.
So true about Tesla. Would be nice if he were here to discover and invent how to store the vast amounts energy that harnessed. Via the sun,wind etc... To store that.
Sigh

Smiling

12-19-2013, 09:43 AM

I'm particularly fascinated by his death ray that nearly brought down the Brooklyn Bridge. And also how his lab mysteriously burnt down and his notes were stolen.

(lol, just for the record, that isn't the project I would be looking to collaborate on). :).

C0LLETTE

01-27-2014, 11:10 PM

I'd talk to Hitler for about 5 seconds then I'd stab him...multiple times.

The JD

01-27-2014, 11:58 PM

I'd be afraid to talk to a personal hero. I suspect history has been very kind to a great number of assholes, and I'd hate to find out my idol was one.

That said, I'm fairly certain Oscar Wilde would be fun. We could go to a party and dish about the guests.

Jet

01-28-2014, 12:03 AM

Does it have to be three people? Do you mind if I have more and in this order:

God the Father
Our Lord
Blessed Mother
Ss: Catherine of Siena, (Mystic, Doctor of the Church and author of the distinguished writings of Dialogue of Divine Providence), Augustine (author, Doctor of the Church), Louie de Monfort, Alphonses Ligouri, Teresa of Avila (mystic, author, Doctor of the Church) Therese of Lisieux (mystic, author, Doctor of the Church), Thomas Aquinas (Author Suma Theologica and Doctor of the Church); Ss, mystics and Doctors of the Church: Benedict, Ignatius of Loyola, Anthony of Padua, Bernard of Clairveaux, Francis of Assisi, John of the Cross, John Chrysostom (Father and Doctor of the Church); Ss. Joseph, Peter, Bonaventure, Maximillian Kolbe, Stephen the Martyr, Elizabeth, mother of John, Elizabeth Ann Seton, Ss and mystics: Bernadette; Gertrude the Great, Veronica and Gemma Gelgani.
______________________________
George Gershwin
Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt
President Lincoln
John Basilone
William Wyler

firegal

01-28-2014, 12:51 AM

Eleanor Roosevelt

Helen Keller

fatallyblonde

01-28-2014, 03:01 AM

Marilyn Monroe

Frida Kahlo

Eva Peron

I think they speak for themselves!

Hey You

01-28-2014, 05:08 AM

Albert Einstein. I love science and I think he and I would get on quite well.

Mozart. Piano is the activity of my soul and he is one of my favourite composers. I would absolutely love for him to teach me how to play his music.

J.S. Bach for the same reason.

If I can have a bonus one I'd go for Hans Asperger. I think it would be really interesting to meet him. Autism is something of an interest of mine.

Daktari

01-28-2014, 06:35 AM

Henry VIII
Radclyffe Hall
Trotsky
Jimi Hendrix

Venus007

01-28-2014, 05:43 PM

Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell dinner with the 2 of them for the conversation

Emma Goldman because she was a righteous babe, I would SO try to have my way with her after dinner, bold brilliant anarchist dames make me hot

Albert Einstein because he was my hero as a kid

JW von Goethe because he was a crazy genius

C0LLETTE

02-03-2014, 07:49 PM

I'd have dinner with Philip Seymour Hoffman and ask him wtf happened.

Sweet Bliss

02-23-2014, 09:25 AM

Anais Nin

Buddha

Genghis Khan

(please forgive spelling errors)

Gráinne

02-23-2014, 12:08 PM

Jesus, even though I'm not Christian. He was the greatest teacher in history.

Lizzie Borden-did she do it?

Elizabeth I and/or Henry VIII-assuming I was immune from any persecution for whatever I might say :)

On a personal note, several people from my family tree so I could break down the brick walls in my genealogy.

cinnamongrrl

02-23-2014, 01:07 PM

my list is truly endless but heres a few...

Eleanor Roosevelt
Emily Dickinson
John Muir
Van Gogh
Lincoln...of course
Anne Frank
John and Abigail Adams
Thoreau
Walt Whitman
Ben Franklin
Ernest Hemingway

Bèsame*

02-23-2014, 01:14 PM

Walt Disney. I would to chat about creativity.

http://movemequotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Walt-Disney-What-ever-you-do-do-it-well.-650x433.jpg?f3b1bc

C0LLETTE

02-23-2014, 01:33 PM

I'd talk to Catherine the Great and ask her if the stallion story is true.

Kätzchen

03-25-2014, 12:11 PM

For sake of clarity, because of a certain retelling of oral history by particular members of my mother's family, I'd would really like to spend time visiting with a certain grandmother of mine, from 5 generations ago.

I want to know what her life was like, what kinds of things she endured - if she felt like talking about it.

Too, just to sit quietly with her and enjoy her company.

okieblu

03-25-2014, 01:47 PM

Emma Goldman
My grandma-I miss her
My grandpa-whom I never met. He died when my mother was 3.

Daktari

03-25-2014, 05:12 PM

Ned Kelly
Neil Armstrong
Nell Gwynn

Daktari

03-26-2014, 08:33 AM

Mama Cass (Elliot)
Janis Joplin
Dory Previn

Keith Moon
Jim Morrison

Humphrey Littleton
George Melly

Runner

03-28-2014, 06:41 AM

The teenage me. I would explain why I should never have picked up that first drink.

mythy

03-28-2014, 07:25 AM

Saint Francis, Marilyn Munroe, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Walter De La Mare, Frank Sinatra, Princess Diana. theres loads more but here are a few.

Daktari

03-28-2014, 09:17 AM

Lenin
Leni Riefenstahl
Ingmar Bergman
Ma Rainey

not2shygrrl

03-28-2014, 09:44 AM

My Ma, I would ask what she thinks of how my life has gone these past five years without her here! I also want to ask her how she did that dream thing, knowing my fear of people close to me passing and coming back in my dreams, (yeah I know its a weird thing with me) I want to know how she seemed so real and I woke up laughing out-loud at our/her shenanigans even as I sat up in bed. No fear, was a totally freaking cool dream! Yup, definitely want that convo with my Ma. The whole rest of that day was a solid wonderful feeling and strong energy from her.

Mormegil

06-21-2014, 07:52 PM

1. Me about mid to late teens , tell myself its going to be ok. And not to waste time regretting things I cant control and to take charge of my life sooner.

2. J.R.R. Tolkien , I would ask him for advice on my writing and how he created such amazing stories that touch and ignite the imagination in millions.

3. God...ask him why all the horrible things that happened to me as a child were necessary to create who Iam today. Although maybe I already know the answer to that in a way. The saying the finest steel is forged in the hottest flames comes to mind , although I still have alot to learn and better myself...but still I would want to talk to him in person.

Orema

09-06-2014, 05:07 PM

Oh, there are lots of folks I'd like to chat with over tea, but today I'm thinking of a few Texans...

Barbara Jordan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Jordan)
Molly Ivins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Ivins)
Ann Richards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Richards)

Orema

07-07-2015, 07:16 AM

This morning I would love to chit chat with Hattie McDaniel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_McDaniel), Fanny Lou Hammer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Lou_Hamer), and Oscar Micheau (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Micheaux).

Jesse

07-14-2015, 01:26 PM

Definitely Eleanor Roosevelt because I think she was a very intelligent woman way ahead of her time. I think she would be an inspiring dinner companion.

Robin Williams, to share laughs and to let him know that he touched so many lives in a way that no one else could.

My adopted grandmother, to say thank you and to give her a hug. We would laugh and talk and I would walk away much the wiser.

C0LLETTE

07-14-2015, 02:34 PM

Last year I picked Hitler just so I could stab him to death. This year I think I'll go for Pol Pot.

Orema

07-27-2015, 12:27 PM

– Jackie "Moms" Mabley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moms_Mabley)
– Totie Fields (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totie_Fields)
– Flo Kennedy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florynce_Kennedy)

C0LLETTE

08-04-2015, 03:39 PM

Sappho.... And ask her if we've gotten her all wrong.
Btw, I'd do the same with Rumi.

homoe

07-02-2016, 06:03 PM

Alexander Hamilton........

I never knew he came from such a unique background or anything else much about him to be honest, except him being on the ten dollar bill, until the success of Hamilton the Broadway Play! Now I'm just fascinated with him!

imperfect_cupcake

07-03-2016, 02:12 AM

Tesla - I love his socialism and his principles of making technology open and free

Ann Bonny - I'd love to hear her life as she tells it, not what the books say

There are a number of female scientists I'd love to talk to. I can pick just one. I want to know how they coped with doing research, how they found support, how they dealt with the religious pressure and pressure to be at home.

Orema

08-14-2016, 06:31 AM

Bayard Rustin

I'd just want to sit next to him on a bench while he told me about his life as an activist.

Kätzchen

09-23-2017, 06:23 PM

I'd be interested in spending an afternoon talking with a best friend I had, growing up. She passed away a few years ago from undiscovered brain cancer, but we were close friends growing up and it would be so nice to learn why she moved to Chicago to attend college and how she finally met her partner, of many many years.