Upstander Institute Wheel of Questions

What's on this wheel (18 options)

1. If you could have a front-row seat to any historical event, which one would you choose?
2. Would you rather discover a major lost artifact/place (like Atlantis or Cleopatra’s tomb) or be the architect behind a world wonder?
3. Would you rather personally witness the construction of the Great Pyramids or watch the 1969 Moon landing?
4. If you were to make a movie about any historical figure, whom would you choose and who would star in it?
5. If you could instantly master any historical skill (e.g., blacksmithing, calligraphy, Renaissance painting), what would it be?
6. Would you rather attend a gladiator fight in the Roman Colosseum or watch the original Olympic Games in Ancient Greece?
7. Would you rather be an architect tasked with designing the Taj Mahal or the Great Pyramid of Giza?
8. If you had to give a 3-minute presentation over any historical figure or event right now, without preparation, who or what would you choose?
9. If you could ask any historical figure 1 question, whom would you ask and what would you ask them?
10. Which of these historical figures’ supposed pets would you want to take care of for 1 day? (A) French poet Gérard de Nerval’s lobster, which was allowed to walk freely or on a leash. (B) Thomas Jefferson’s parrot. (C) John Quincy Adams’ alligator, which lived in a White House bathroom.
11. If you could invent any ridiculous gadget, what would it do, and what past society would it be most useful in?
12. If you could live anywhere in the world for 1 year, where would you choose to go?
13. Would you rather live through the invention of the internet, the steam engine, or the discovery of electricity?
14. Would you rather see an unexplored portion of space or the bottom of the ocean?
15. If you were writing a history textbook, what is one major event or trend from your own life that you think people will study 50 years from now?
16. Would you rather be able to use only a landline to talk on the phone, or only a record player to listen to music?
17. Would you rather be a medieval knight who always forgets his sword, or a pirate who is constantly seasick?
18. Would you rather be the person who forgot to warn Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, or the person who had to tell Napoleon that he lost at Waterloo?