Look, I'm a published journalist and documentary filmmaker. I know a thing or two about etiquette and sensitivity when asking questions. And I can think of several reasons why these questions are not ideal. For example, you are wrong to think that Scott isn't sensitive. A Ridley Scott fan would know that he's actually very sensitive. All I'm doing is trying to make the small point that these aren't the most sensitive (or even relevant) questions that could be asked. In fact, it might backfire. You might not get to ask question #2 if he doesn't like question #1, and both of those questions are risky. You will probably get a non-answer and will have wasted the opportunity of a lifetime. Asking about anything other than his own accomplishments is disrespectful. It would be a waste of his time and might possibly offend him. What kind of answer do you expect? You have to have an idea of what the answer might be before asking. And I'm pretty sure you are not going to get much out of him on either subject.
Besides, he's been asked these questions before and will be asked them again before his publicity tour is over. Imho, asking these questions would be a waste of an opportunity and disrespectful to one of the cinema gods on a special day for him.