“The Coal Bare Questionnaire is a tribute to the Colbert Questionert — a segment from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in which Stephen asked guests fifteen questions designed to “fully penetrate to the very soul of a person.” As the show comes to an end, this site exists to keep the segment alive: digitizing the ~100 celebrity appearances, letting you find your own celebrity match, and watching how the world answers over time. The segment itself is part of a long tradition. Marcel Proust popularized the Proust Questionnaire in the 1890s — a fixed set of introspective questions used to reveal character. Vanity Fairran its own version for decades. Colbert’s Questionert (note the intentional misspelling) is his modern take: fifteen questions that cut through the usual talk-show small talk to get at something genuine. Same impulse, different era.”

See also YouTube for past programs – The Late Show with Stephen Colbert