What's your favourite?
Some of you will know we often ask a team's members to complete a Biography that tells us and their colleagues a little bit more about them and their ways of working. It usually contains both work insights and something about them as a person. Since we started doing this in 2004 the final sign-off questions have been ‘Who is your all-time Sports Hero?’, ‘What is your Favourite Book?’, ‘Which is your favourite Band or Best Gig?’ and, ‘What is your Favourite Movie?’
After 15 years of asking that question we thought you might be interested to know which answers make the Top 3.
Who is your all-time Sports Hero?
1. Andy Murray
2. Mohammad Ali
3. Roger Federer
What is your favourite book?
1. The Lord of the Rings
2. Pride and Prejudice
3. To Kill a Mockingbird
What is your favourite band or best gig?
1. U2
2. Rush
3. Coldplay
What is your favourite movie?
1. Star Wars
2. Shawshank Redemption
3. The Usual Suspects
Here are some other nominated favourites:
| Sports hero | Book | Musician/Band | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Foote | 1984 | Adele | 12 Angry Men |
| Alex Hannold | 7 Habits | Aida | 21 Grams |
| All Blacks | 7 Years in Tibet | Alabama 3 | Amelie |
| Arsenal FC | A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius | Alpine | Apocalypse Now |
| Ayrton Senna | A Machine to Make Spaniards | Arch Echo | Apollo 13 |
| Benfica | Atlas Shrugged | Arctic Monkeys | Arrival |
| Billie Jean King | Beloved | Band Aid | Back to the Future |
| Blackheath Rugby | Books by Dick Francis | Billy Joel | Blade Runner |
| Blue Jays | Books by Ian Rankin | Beardyman | Blues Brothers |
| Bobby Moore | Books by Philippa Greogory | Bon Jovi | Bourne |
| Caitlyn Jenner | Capacidad Adaptativa | Bruce Springsteen | Bourne Identity |
| Calgary Flames | Captain Corelli’s Mandolin | CCR | Bourne Ultimatum |
| Canadian Olympics Team | Catcher in the Rye | Charles Aznavour | Braveheart |
| Collingwood | Changes by Jim Butcher | Chet Baker | Breakfast at Tiffany’s |
| Colorado Avalanche | Crime and Punishment | Chico Buarque | Carry on up the Khyber |
| Conor McGregor | David Copperfield | Chuck Berry | Casino |
| Creed Haymond | Dean Koontz-Odd Thomas | Daft Punk | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| Dallas Cowboys | Devil in the White City | David Bowie | Chevy Chase |
| Edmonton Oilers | Douglas Coupland | DDT | Dead Poets Society |
| England Rugby | Down to Sunless Sea | Dolly Parton | Dirty Dancing |
| Enzo Ferrari | Emperor of All Maladies | Eagles | Empire of the Sun |
| Ernie Els | Ender’s Game | Eurythmics | Fireproof |
| Everton FC | Global Trends and Catastrophes | Goo Goo Dolls | Frances Ha |
| Formula 1 | Good Omens | Green Day | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| Fremantle Dockers | Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy | Incubus | Gladiator |
| George Best | I am Pilgrim | INXS | Godfather |
| Ivan Lendl | Jessie Burton | Iron Maiden | Gone with the Wind |
| Karen Brady | Jonathan Livingston Seagull | James Blake | Good Will Hunting |
| Karlsruher Sports Club | Les Miserables | Jimi Hendrix | Harry Potter |
| Laird Hamilton | Life and Fate | Joe Bonamassa | Invictus |
| Leinster Rugby | Long Walk to Freedom | Kiss | Jagged Edge |
| Lions | Love in the Time of Cholera | Led Zeppelin | James Bond |
| Lisboa and Benfica | Metamorphosis | Little Big Town | Jerry McGuire |
| Liverpool FC | Misery | Los Prisioneros | Juno |
| Manchester United | Moneyball | Manic Street Preachers | Lawrence of Arabia |
| Michael Jordan | Multifocal Intelligence | Matt Corby | Life of Brian |
| Montreal CH | My Stroke of Insight | Metallica | Lives of Others |
| Moss Keane | Naval | Miles Davis | Local Hero |
| Paul O’Connell | Nemesis | Motley Crue | Lord of the Rings |
| Pioneers of Climbing | Nixon’s Ten Commandments of Statecraft | Muse | Mad Max |
| Plymouth Argyle | Othello | Oscar Peterson | Mary Poppins |
| Porto FC | Paradise Lost | Paris Wells | Mike Bassett: England Manager |
| Rocky | Perdido Street Station | Paul McCartney | Monty Python |
| Roger Bannister | Portrait of a Young Man Drowning | Paul Simon | One Crazy Summer |
| Ronne O’Sullivan | Recursion | Pearl Jam | Paris is Burning |
| Sean Kelly | Rise and Fall of the Third Reich | Peter Gabriel | Point Break |
| Seattle Seahawks Football | River Thieves | Pink Floyd | Pulp Fiction |
| Serena Williams | Sapiens | Prince | Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| Sevilla FC | Shadow of the Wind | Queen | Scent of a Woman |
| Sheffield Wednesday | Siddharta | Radiohead | Skyfall |
| Stanley Matthews | Skinny Legs and All | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Sliding Doors |
| Stephen Hendry | Start with Why | Reel Big Fish | Something’s Gotta Give |
| Steve Redgrave | State of Fear | REM | Star Trek |
| Tennessee Titans | Steve Jobs | Robbie Williams | Swim or Sink |
| The Fabulous Moolah | Sway | Rock in Rio | The Blues Brothers |
| Tony Hawk | The Best We Could Do | Self Esteem | The English Patient |
| Toronto FC | The Chimp Paradox | Sufjan Stevens | The Goonies |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | The Dice Man | Talking Heads | The Maggie |
| Toronto Raptors | The Gingerman | Teskey Brothers | The Maltese Falcon |
| Universidad Catolica | The Gold Finch | The Beatles | The Princess Bride |
| US Olympic Hockey Team | The Hard Thing About Hard Things | The Blue Nile | The Professional |
| Wales Rugby | The Kite Runner | The Police | The Rundown |
| Wallabies | The Last One: Find Your Why | The Rolling Stones | The Secret of My Success |
| Wasps | The Martian | The Smiths | The Shooter |
| Wayne Gretzky | The Mists of Avalon | The Stone Roses | The Sweeney |
| Westham | The Opposite of Loneliness | The Waterboys | The Thin Red Line |
| The Sacketts | The Who | The Truman Show | |
| The Shed that Fed a Million Children | The Wonderstuff | The Wizard of Oz | |
| The Sun Also Rises | Tool | Titanic | |
| The Swerve | Tracey Chapman | Uncle Buck | |
| The Truth | Tragically Hip | Up | |
| The Wolf of Wall Street | ZZ Top | Zoolander | |
| Tinker Tailor Solider Spy | |||
| When Lions Roar | |||
| Wilbur Smith | |||
| Wild Swans | |||
| Winning | |||
| Wolf Hall | |||
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