HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS 01. If you were at your fiance's house for dinner, shortly after announcing your engagement, and you found a dead cockroach in your salad, what would you do? 02. In a very good restaurant, after getting the check for an excellent meal, you realize that you were not charged for one of the items you ate. Would you tell your server? 03. Would you be willing to commit perjury for a close friend or family member? For example, might you testify that he was driving carefully when he hit a pedestrian even though he had been joking around and not paying attention? 04. Would you accept one million dollars to leave the U S and never return? If you were willing, where would you go, what would you do? 05. Ignoring all financial considerations, would you rather spend the next ten years confined to the city of Los Angeles or to the environs of Bora Bora, a beautiful isolated island in the south pacific? 06. If you could open your own business, and money were not an issue, what type of business would you open? How would you go about doing this? Do you feel you would be a successful business owner? 08. If you could wish for three things what would they be and why would you make these three particular choices? 09. If you had the opportunity to go back in time and change something that you did - what would it be and why? 10. If you could trade places with anyone in the world who would you trade places with and why? 11. If you could close your eyes and be anywhere in the world where would you go and why? 12. If an unknown benefactor offered you a million dollars - with the only stipulation being that you could never speak to your best friend again - would you take the million dollars? EDUCATION 13. Do you think more money needs to be spent on art programs in public schools? What types of programs would you recommend? 14. Do you feel it is the responsibility of schools or parents to educate children about sex? Do both parents and schools have a role? If schools have a responsibility are they meeting it? 15. Is there something seriously wrong with the public school system today, and if so, what can be done to correct it? 16. Do you feel that the cost of a college education is rising at an unreasonable rate? Do you feel the government should contribute more to the cost of education? 19. What advice or experience can you offer to a parent on how to help a child choose a college to attend? What should they defintely do or not do? 21. Do you think affirmative action in hiring and promotion is a good policy? Should universities follow affirmative action guidelines when admitting students? ENTERTAINMENT/MEDIA/LEISURE ACTIVITIES 23. Who is your favorite actor or actress and why? In which film or TV show does he/she appear? 24. Do you listen to music regularly? What type of music? Do you purchase your music or listen to it on the radio? Do you attend concerts? If so what was the best concert you ever attended and why? 25. Do you enjoy going to the movies or would you rather rent a movie? What was the last movie that you saw? Was it good or bad and why? 26. Do you play computer oriented games? What type of computer do you use? Do you play these games on the internet or on cd ROM? What is your favorite game? 27. Do you enjoy reading for entertainment purposes? Who is your favorite author? Do you find that there is truth to the adage that good books make lousy movies and that mediocre books make good movies? 28. How do you and the other caller keep up on current events? DO you get most of your news from TV, radio, newspapers or people you know? 29. Types of vacations and trips you enjoy. What was your most memorable vacation or trip and why? 30. What are your favorite hobbies? How much time do you spend involved with your hobbies? COMMUNITY INTEREST 31. What is being done in your community, area or campus about recycling waste materials? Do you think more should be done? How can communities /campuses make it easier to recycle? 32. Do you feel safe in your community / on your campus? What are your concerns and the concerns of the other caller. What steps can be taken to reduce crime? 33. Are there enough public libraries in your area? Are these libraries adequately funded? DOMESTIC POLITICS/INTERESTS How do feel about the movement in Congress to impeach President Clinton. Do you think the President should be removed from office or do you feel that it is, quite simply, time to move on? 34. Do you feel that unions in the U S are too powerful or not powerful enough? Should labor be organized? Are you a member of a union? If not would you ever consider joining a union? 36. How do you feel about the movement to ban smoking from all public places? 37. What do you think the punishment for drinking and driving should be? Do you feel the existing laws are too lenient or too harsh? 38. Do you feel the minimum wage increase - to <<<<$5.25>>>> an hour - is sufficient. Should the minimum wage vary between states, forcing states with higher standards of living to have a higher minimum wage? 39. DO you feel that criminal trials, especially those involving high-profile individuals should be televised? Why? 40. How do you feel about the practice of companies testing employees for drugs? Do you feel unannounced spot checking for drugs to be an invasion of a person's privacy? 41. Should prisoners be allowed access to recreational and educational facilities in prison? Should your tax dollars be paying for these ventures? 42. Has the increase in the divorce rate in the US altered your behavior? Has it changed your views on the institution of marriage? 43. Do you think it should be illegal to burn the American flag? Should an individual be punished for this act? What should the punishment be? 44. Censorship. Do you think public or private schools have the right to forbid students to read certain books? Did your school have a list of banned books? What do you think about censorship in the music industry? SPORTS How do you feel about the recent NBA lockout. Will the lockout affect your enthusiasm for professional basketball? Do you feel basketball players earn too much? BUT THIS IS ALSO REFLECTED IN 1348 BELOW 45. Do you excercise regularly to maintain your health or fitness level? If so describe what you do? 46. Should drug testing for professional atheletes be mandatory? Should all atheletes be tested regardless of the sport? 47. What is your favorite TV sport? How many hours per week do you spend watching it and other sporting events on TV? 48. How do you feel about the recent strikes by professional atheletes? Do you think that professional atheletes deserve the high salaries they currently receive? 49. Do you play an organized sport (intramural, community based)? Which sport? How much time do you spend on this activity? Is it worth it? GENERAL INTEREST Do you have a pet? How much time per day do you spend with your pet? 50. Do you believe in ghosts? Would you be willing to spend a night alone in a remote house that is rumored to be haunted? 51. The Millenium is fast approaching. Do You think the world will be a better or a worse place 100 years from now 52. What is your idea of a perfect evening 53. What person do you admire most? For what reasons? How does this person inspire you? 54. If you knew that the world was going to end in one week - what would you do? 55. What is the greatest accomplishment of your life? Could you ever hope to top this accomplishment? 56. If you could go out to dinner with anyone in the world who would that person be? Where would you go? What would you talk about? 57. Do you believe in UFOs or other paranormal activities? Do you feel the government is covering something up? INTERNATIONAL NEWS 58. What do you think about the current unrest in the Middle East? Do you feel that peace will ever be attained in the area? What must the parties (Israel and the Palestinians) do if peace is to be achieved? Should the US be involved in the peace process? 59. Former Yugoslavia. Should US troops be involved in the potential peace keeping venture in Yugoslavia - or should this mission be a strictly European affair? Do you think peace can ever be attained in the region? 61. Do you consider any other country a threat to US safety? Which country and why?