Are journalists useful?

Construction worker
Cowboy
Motorcycle cop
Indian
Soldier

Hey, I need some good disco.

 

On the remote island, and I assume these five can load up on supplies before leaving:

Trauma surgeon (might as well prepare for the worst)
Old sailor (see: Quint from "Jaws")
Horticulturist (with knowledge of said or similar island)
Phil Plait (astronomer)
Adam Savage (maker, stand-up comic, all-around good egg)

If you're talking a journalist who can't do anything else, yes, they would be fairly ineffective -- but they would hopefully write a good book after the year ends. Someone like Inky_Wretch would be a fine choice, though.

 

Spinal surgeon
Con Man
Fixer/muscle for South Korean Businessman
Former member of Iraqi Republican Guard/Torturer
Cute chick on the run from the law who can't act but it cute

 

Butcher. Four fat people in various lines of work.

 

World champion sand castle builder
World's Strongest Man competitor
botanist
surgeon
NFL cheerleader

 

I'm not sure how good doctor will be with no tools or medicine. General practitioner can do a good job of telling me, "wow, you need to go to OR right away. Too bad we don't have one."
If remote island:
1. engineer (desalination knowledge a must)
2. fisherman (we will eat well every night)
3. architect (good shelter)
4. sailor (assuming I am trying to be rescued)
5. soldier (if I am anticipating trouble) If not, then probably cook.
I would trade soldier/cook for a jack of all trades guy who hangs out at Home Depot every weekend, but I wasn't sure that fit with the parameters of the game.

 

Stuck for one year? No chance of rescue or escape ...

A professional spearfisherman
Survival TV host (Les Stroud or Bear Gryllis)
Astronomer (See, that's the Ursa major.)
Philosopher (See, that's what Kant was saying!)
Doctor

 

You're not trying to escape or get rescued.

I'd choose the general practitioner because of the, uh, general information at your disposal. Over a year, you'd probably deal with colds, cuts, random maladies that wouldn't be serious but would be subject to the help of a non-specialized doctor.

I chose the fireman because in the case of zombies, you need a badass civil servant type to take control. On the planet, I'd take over that role.

And I'd like to think I could survive a year like this. But I'd go fucking crazy in such a place without music. Hence the musician.

 

Amish builder (we'll have a house in a day or two)
Doctor
Tribal hunter
Cook
Bodyguard

 

But you'd have to make the lemonade and sew the quilt

 

1. A vibrator mechanic
2. The vibrator mechanic's apprentice
3. The head bitch in charge at the factory where the vibrator is produced
4. The foreman at the factory where the vibrator is produced
5. The best assembly line worker at the factory where the vibrator is produced

 

Um, you're forgetting the battery maker.