The only question asked from people destined to Hell is about Grand Quran alone.
The basic reason of recording of episodes in our memory is that we had listened and seen them with our eyes. Anything, any happening and video recording which has been seen with the eyes remains in the memory quite conspicuously and its retrieval/recalling is always easy. It is always easy to recall and see what has already been seen and recorded in the memory.
Allah knows what has already happened and also knows what will happen in future. He knows what was said by anyone in the past and what will be said by people on the Day of Judgment and that what will happen in heaven and hell and also about the exchange of words between the people.
He knows everything past, present and future. Allah wants us to know the Day of Judgment in a manner as if we have seen it physically so that it is well inscribed in the memory and remembered every minute. The happenings of the Day of Judgment have mostly been described in the past tenses as if that has occurred and seen by us …… …… ….MORE