The Island Fantasy Marooned! Book of Questions

By J.T. Kirkland

The Island Fantasy
Marooned!
Book of Questions

 

"If you knew in advance you were going to be marooned on a deserted tropical island, what would you fill your suitcase with?"
    
That's just one example of the stimulating, challenging and entertaining queries to be found in this book.

 

Something for everyone! Featuring more than 600 hypothetical questions covering a wide range of thought provoking topics such as survival, resourcefulness, relationships, morality, loyalty, money, greed, material possessions, love, joy, religion, food, sports, books, travel, romance, modern conveniences, and so much more!

 

Marooned! may be enjoyed anywhere in the world ... at anytime ... wherever two or more people are gathered:

• Family Meals           
• At the Office           
• On a Date    
• Picnics/Barbecues            
• Classrooms                
• Church groups
• In the Car/Rv Trips        
• Camping                
• Dinner Parties
• Holiday Gatherings           
• Anywhere!!!

TRY A FEW SAMPLE QUESTIONS

• You have a choice of being shipwrecked with either a man or women. Which would you choose and why?
• You are stranded on an isle with your boss. He or she is standing next to a poisonous snake. Would you warn them?
•  If you were marooned on a tropical island which family member or friend would you miss the most? Who least of all?
• You find a car on the island. Many of the parts are salvageable and can be used to enhance your survival. Explain what you might use and how would you use them.

"Marooned!" offers endless hours of fun, friendly tete-a-tete, and stimulating exchanges that will assist all in sharing emotions, responses, personality traits and ideas on numerous levels.Here is the readers rare opportunity to discover more about themselves, and the people around them than they ever thought possible.

 

AUDIENCE: Young adult through adult. (While most of the questions are family-oriented, some are intended for a mature audience. The authors have taken extensive care to present all questions in a tasteful manner.

ADDITIONAL SAMPLE QUESTIONS

• Being stranded on an island for a year would help you kick your worst habit. What is it?
• Would you rather be shipwrecked with someone who is exceptionally attractive or someone who is highly intelligent? Why?
• If you could select one franchise from any fast food chain to be on your island, what would you choose? Why?
• Your isle companion suffers many broken bones during a fall. They ask you to eliminate their intolerable pain and suffering by killing them. Could you grant their request?
• You discover a box of paperback novels on your island. Would you prefer they be romance, mystery, westerns, or science fiction?
• If you could return from an island either a more attractive person, or more intelligent person, what would you prefer? Why?
• What foods from civilization do you think you would crave the most if stranded on an island for a lengthy period?

HAVE FUN WHILE GETTING TO KNOW OTHERS BETTER!!!

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: J.T. Kirkland
• Release date: Aug 31, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393484028

Book preview

If You Knew In Advance You Were Going To Be Marooned On A Deserted Tropical Island, What Would You Fill Your Suitcase With?

That’s just one example of the fun, stimulating, and challenging queries to be found in The Island Fantasy MAROONED! Book of Questions. More than 600 questions covering a wide range of thought-provoking subjects offering endless hours of family entertainment.

Topics Include:

Survival, resourcefulness, leadership, loneliness, relationships, money, love, greed, material possessions, joy, religion, food, hobbies, sports, books, travel, leadership, loneliness, courage, education, romance, fitness, habits, modern conveniences, and more!

Audience:

Young adult through adult. While most of the questions are family-oriented, some are intended for a mature audience. The author has taken extensive care to present all the situations in a tasteful manner ensuring that none are considered vulgar, pornographic, offensive or X-rated in nature.

Description:

With the popularity of television shows such as Lost, Survivor, and Gilligan’s Island along with classic books/movies such as Blue Lagoon, Mutiny in the Bounty, Castaway and Swiss Family Robinson they are proof that an ocean island and tropical paradise settings offer much in the way of fantasy, escapism, romance, intrigue and adventure.

Furthermore, there is little doubt that settings which pose hypothetical questions are an amusing way to stir-up varying opinions and reactions. Situations which are designed to encourage conversations, spark communication, aid in understanding, and relationships. Queries that allow one to explore and examine how various situations would influence their everyday life.

MAROONED! offers endless hours of fun, friendly, and energized discussions that will assist all in Sharing emotions, responses, and ideas on numerous levels. It can be an amusing way to participate in island life, or simply get away from it all, without having to vacate the comforts of civilization or be without your favorite things.

Here is a unique opportunity for readers to discover details about themselves and the people around them, more than they ever thought possible. In reality, how do you really think you (and others you know) would react if stranded on a tropical island void of our everyday amenities? How much of your life depends on electricity alone?

Where Is It Useful?

MAROONED! may be utilized anywhere in the world at any time wherever two or more people meet.  Whether it be indoors or outdoors, the audience is unlimited. Situational queries are a big hit at the workplace, parties, travel, and family events; ideal for couples and newlyweds or anywhere that people interact with each other.

Other examples include: with friends, on a plane, at the office, the car, RV trips, campgrounds, picnics, barbecues, slumber parties, dating couples, social gatherings, family meals, dinner parties, phone conversations, intimate dinners, holiday celebrations, school classrooms, church groups and more!

We encourage you to try out some of the questions on friends, co-workers, family members, neighbors, or whomever you wish. You might be surprised at the hours of joyful entertainment, and be stunned by some of the responses the questions provoke. Perhaps you don’t know someone as well as you think, or do you???

Enjoy and God Bless,

J.T. Kirkland

Author

Questions 1-100

1

Your vacation yacht has just hit a coral reef, and you are about to become shipwrecked on a tropical island. What items (common to a boat) would you fill your rubber raft with to aid your survival?

2

Could you trust anyone to handle all of your financial affairs while you spent a year away on a tropical island? Who would that individual be?

3

The cave on your island has a gold mine. Would you spend time and energy extracting its payload, or build a raft to get off the island as quickly as possible?

4

Name a favorite homemade dish you’d miss the most if stranded on an island. Was it made by you or someone else?

5

Fish and coconuts are plentiful on your isle. How long do you think you could live solely on these before becoming extremely bored?

6

You bet someone you can live for a year on a tropical island. You are allowed to leave but once, and can go anywhere you want except to the town where you currently live. Where would you go?

7

Which of the following would you most hate to encounter on your tropical island?

(a) piranha fish

(b) spiders & snakes

(c) an evil witch-doctor

8

Would you rather be aground with someone who is exceptionally attractive or someone who is highly intelligent?

9

Your lagoon has a waterfall that is 30 feet high. Are you the daredevil type that would enjoy diving off it?

10

The volcano on your isle would make a great lookout spot for passing ships, but it is quite a steep climb. Would you take the risk?

11

Your island cave seems endless in length. Are you the explorer type? How far would you travel into it? Or, are you claustrophobic and not go in at all?

12

How resourceful are you? How many uses can you name for coconut shells? For bamboo? What about seashells?

13

With bamboo and vines to construct a raft, would you be confident your design would be sturdy enough to sail across open seas?

14

You have a bamboo pole, fish line & hooks. How good of an angler are you? Ever done much fishing before?

15

Your island companion was captured by cannibals. Are you more likely to attempt to rescue them, or hide from danger in the island cave?

16

There is an eerie-looking swamp on your island. Are you likely to explore it, or avoid it?

17

Which method would you prefer as a distress signal?

(a) send notes in bottles

(b) light huge camp fires

(c) write SOS on the beach

(d) use a mirror to signal

18

If you knew in advance