Celebrity Response
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John Oliver
Comedian / TV Host · 2021 · Aired May 1, 2021
Question set: Original (2021)
1
What's the best sandwich?
A Wawa BLT
Once hired a car on Valentine's Day to drive his wife to the nearest Wawa
2
What's one thing you own that you should really throw out?
A Grateful Dead bomber jacket
Won it from Brooks Wheelan at mini golf; wife has tried to throw it out three times
3
What is the scariest animal?
Pangolins
They may cause the next pandemic
4
Apples or oranges?
Apples
5
Have you ever asked someone for their autograph?
Yes — Ian Rush; refused Andy Dibble's
Refused goalkeeper Andy Dibble's autograph as a child: 'I am become death, destroyer of Dibbles'
6
What do you think happens when we die?
Just some sense of peace, like sinking into a chair after a long day
7
What's your favorite action movie?
Saving Private Ryan
Initially stumped; Colbert offered The Great Escape
8
What's your favorite smell?
Tarmac or creosote
Likes tarmac before it's spread; Colbert called it 'a cheap high'
9
What's your least favorite smell?
A not great egg
10
Exercise: worth it?
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Skipped in edit
11
Flat or sparkling?
Sparkling
12
What's the most used app on your phone?
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Skipped in edit
13
You only get one song to listen to for the rest of your life — what is it?
"Ashes to Ashes" — David Bowie
So much going on in that song you'd never get tired of it
14
What number am I thinking of?
42
Hitchhiker's Guide reference
15
Describe the rest of your life in five words.
"I have no idea"