Celebrity Response
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Emma Thompson
Actor · 2022 · Aired February 24, 2026
Question set: Current (2022+)
1
What's the best sandwich?
Grilled cheddar cheese on toast
Just cheddar cheese on toast, nothing else
2
What was your first concert?
The Who (1975)
3
What is the scariest animal?
Humans
Said this without a moment's hesitation
4
Apples or oranges?
Oranges
5
Have you ever asked someone for their autograph?
Yes — David Essex
He was playing Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar; he autographed her hand and she didn't wash for a long time
6
What do you think happens when we die?
We return to the source
7
What's your favorite action movie?
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Because it's funny too — Harrison Ford is funny in it
8
Window or aisle?
Window
9
What's your favorite smell?
Her husband's breath
Her husband Greg Wise has 'lovely spicy breath'
10
What's your least favorite smell?
Any sort of excreta
Traumatized as a girl by dog turds on paths
11
What is your earliest memory?
Drawing in pencil around the loo, being made to rub it out
Drew all around the toilet in pencil; her Scottish Presbyterian mother made her rub it out while sobbing
12
Cats or dogs?
Cats
Likes how they feel, their independence, and innate superiority
13
You only get one song to listen to for the rest of your life — what is it?
"Kooks" — David Bowie (from Hunky Dory)
Bowie 'sort of brought me up'
14
What number am I thinking of?
Eight
15
Describe the rest of your life in five words.
"Mostly, predominantly, largely, overtly there"
All adverbs except there — wonderfully literary