What would you ask a 90 year old?

When you feel a sneeze coming, do you fear for your life?
Is having the waistband of your trousers just under your nipples really that comfortable?
Do communities only ever pull together during times of war?

What did you do in World War Two?

What was your first car?

Where were you when JFK was shot?

These are the types of Qs my kids love to ask their 90 year old grandmother.

Tell me all of the dirt on my parents, and siblings.

What gave you the most joy in your life?
What do you regret the most?
What changes in the world have surprised you the most?

Ask about your family history. I wish I could go back in time and ask my grandparents so many questions.

What colour was the T-Rex?

What inventions across your lifetime were most beneficial?
What were your aspirations as a young man, and did you achieve them?
What advice do you have for me?

Ask him about any family secrets. lol
How he met your grandmother, what his childhood dreams were, something he always wanted to do but hasn’t, for whatever reason. Ask him about his childhood pets/ friends, if his life turned out the way he had hoped, if he is afraid of dying. There are lots of things you probably don’t know.

Ask him to tell you about his grandparents and other family stories about your ancestors.

What have you learned the hard way?

Am I in your will?

Who was your first pet, and what stories do you have?
Did you fish and hunt as a kid. What stands out from those days?
Who was the first girl you kissed. What was it like?

Oh I love your granddad. How excellent. I’ll have to think about questions though. What a great opportunity for you to learn from him. I hope you will record all his responses.

Were you nervous when you asked Grandma to marry you? Why/why-not?

What was the worst decision you ever made, and what was the consequence?

What’s the first joke you remember hearing? Can you repeat it here?

Would you tell us about your first car?

What were your chores as a kid?

What do you believe is the best invention of your lifetime?

What do you think is the worst invention of your lifetime?

What one thing do you regret not seeing in your lifetime. Place or icon?

If you were me, what is the #1 question we would ask the 90yo you?

Where were you when Pearl Harbor was bombed? And where were you on V-J day?

My mom turns 91 this Friday, and I know the answers to all those questions. What I like to hear is memories of my grandfather before I was born.

What did you think was very important when you were younger, but now feel just didn’t matter?

What’s the most important lesson you’ve learned over your life?

How is life better and worse now than when you were young?

Definitely video tape the Q&A. Priceless treasure for generations to come. Perhaps even a new family tradition.

1. – How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?

2 – Boxers or Briefs? Depends?

3 – How much money do I get when you croak and is your life insurance paid up to date?

If I am at your place and I have to ask three question to grand pa so my questions are under following:-
1 What is the secret to be healthy till 90 years?
2 Are you satisfacted with your life?
3 What is your perspective for life?

I like @ibstubro‘s last question: “If you were me, what is the #1 question we would ask the 90yo you?”

If I had only three questions, I’d try to avoid the trivia questions (technology/invention types of questions), the pet questions, and the secret to life questions. I’d be most interested in the things that only he could answer – about the people in my family I arrived too late to know, and about what he thinks it’s important to impart now.

There are outfits that record memories like this. I would seriously consider having the family chip in and hiring one.

What advice do you have for me?

What do you attribute to your longevity?

What were your biggest successes? (And failures)

How did you get over the one that got away?
Or did you marry her?
Do you have any good recipes, ( Like beef stew)?

What is your earliest memory?
Can you recall anything your grandfather told you personally about his life?
What were your best years?

Thanks everyone! These are some great questions. I used quite a few of em.

Was there a record made of it @Esedess?