Who would you invite?

I don't know if anyone else does this, but from time to time I have been known to practice interview-type questions, out loud, usually in my car.  I am not always the quickest thinker, at least when unexpected questions are asked, so when I hear of some random interview question, sometimes I ponder what my response might be...

I've heard of a couple that stump me still - what books are on your nightstand?  Most of the time, I forget a book as soon as I put it down so, for all that I read voraciously, I can't often tell you the last 3 books I read.  Another was what woman in history do you most admire - uhhhh...yeah, I still can't think of a good answer for that since I know almost nothing about history nor do I consider anyone a real role model.  But one time someone told me they'd been asked what 3 people they would invite to a dinner party, if they choose from anyone living or dead.  At first, I thought this would be another stumper - but then the invitees came clear:  Amelia Earhart, Jacob Wetterling (for any who haven't heard of him, this young man grew up in a town near mine, and was abducted at age 11 by a stranger and never seen or heard from again - his family started a foundation to help families of other missing children), and my Grandpa Ray who died when I was only 5. 

Of course all these interview questions are intended to elicit the personality of the interviewee, and I often consider what my answers to random questions say about me.  I think the dinner party question, and my answers in that moment, certainly sang out loud and clear that I am curious about unanswered questions and always wonder about "the rest of the story".