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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:Misc-manuscript-writing-SACD-1899-10-29-biographical-questionnaire.jpg|thumb|300px|right|]]<br /> <br /> This questionnaire was filled by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] on 29 october 1899 at Undershaw.<br /> <br /> It is not known why Conan Doyle filled this questionnaire. However, it was probably part of a parlor game, which were popular in the late 19th century.<br /> <br /> <br /> == Questions / Answers ==<br /> <br /> * Your favourite virtue? &#039;&#039;&#039;Unaffectedness&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * Your favourite qualities in man? &#039;&#039;&#039;Manliness&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * Your favourite qualities in woman? &#039;&#039;&#039;Womanliness&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * Your favourite occupation? &#039;&#039;&#039;Work&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * Your chief characteristic? &#039;&#039;&#039;I really don&#039;t know&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * Your idea of happiness? &#039;&#039;&#039;Time well filled&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * Your idea of misery? &#039;&#039;&#039;Nothing to do&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * Your favourite colour and flower? &#039;&#039;&#039;Quite impartial&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * If not yourself, who would you be? &#039;&#039;&#039;############# &lt; (hope this is clear)&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * Where would you like to live? &#039;&#039;&#039;Here&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * Your favourite poets? &#039;&#039;&#039;Kipling&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * Your favourite painters and composers? &#039;&#039;&#039;No strong opinions&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * Your favourite heroes in real life? &#039;&#039;&#039;Men who do their duty without fuss&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * Your favourite heroine in real life? &#039;&#039;&#039;Ditto&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * Your favourite heroes in fiction? &#039;&#039;&#039;No strong preferences&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * Your favourite heroines in fiction? &#039;&#039;&#039;Margaret in &quot;Cloisters &amp; Hearth&quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * Your favourite food and drink? &#039;&#039;&#039;Anything when hungry — nothing when not&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * Your favourite names? &#039;&#039;&#039;A good horse never had a bad name&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * Your pet aversion? &#039;&#039;&#039;Affectation — conceit&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * What characters in history do you most dislike? &#039;&#039;&#039;Very tolerant to them all&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * What is your present state of mind? &#039;&#039;&#039;Jaded&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * For what fault have you most toleration? &#039;&#039;&#039;All of them — except cruelty &amp; meanness&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * Your favourite moto? &#039;&#039;&#039;&quot;Hope for the best — prepare for the worst&quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> <br /> A Conan Doyle<br /> <br /> oct 29th /99 Undershaw<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ----<br /> * Image courtesy of the [http://www.hrc.utexas.edu Harry Ransom Center].<br /> ----<br /> * [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:Letters|Back to Conan Doyle&#039;s letters]]<br /> * [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Back to Conan Doyle]]</div>

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