We all know the question: Choose X people, living or dead, to invite to a dinner party. The real question they're asking is who you'd want to have a conversation with and why.
But let's play with this a bit.
What if, instead of having a dinner party, you got to have a one-on-one conversation with each person?
Suppose, in addition to interesting conversations, you also had to have a successful dinner party where everyone had charming conversation and a good time?
What if the dead people could tell you about death and whatever, if anything, happened afterwards?
Suppose you could feed the guests Veritaserum? (This assumes that they'd have their normal inhibitions under the standard dinner party, which I think people sometimes forget or disregard when answering that question.)
Suppose you could include fictional characters?
Suppose, instead of a dinner party, it was a game of truth or dare?
What if it was a book club? Which book would you read?
Suppose any language barriers between everyone involved do exist?
Suppose the guests know each other by reputation? Suppose they've somehow never heard of each other? Suppose some have and some haven't as would happen organically IRL? (e.g. Hitler knows Jesus by reputation, but not vice versa).
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