Vanity Fair's Questionnaire
This is a version of the Vanity Fair questionnaire, though they called it the Proust Questionnaire. I have extended it to include questions from several other versions. I have no idea which questions were in the original one.
On what occasion do you lie?
when someone's intruding
The quality you most like in a woman?
irreverence
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
the far far away kind
What are the traits you most deplore in yourself?
fear
What are the traits you most dislike in others?
slow-wittedness
What are your drugs of choice?
sugar
What are your greatest extravagances?
watching TV for a whole afternoon
What are your most marked characteristics?
patience
What book are you reading now?
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
punctuality
What do you consider your greatest achievement so far?
living
What do you most dislike about your appearance?
my flat feet
What do you value most in your friends?
when they pay attention even when I ramble on and on and on
What is it you most dislike?
sharing
What is your biggest everyday pet peeve?
selective hearing
What is your current state of mind?
What is your favorite bird?
Zebra Finch
What is your favorite color?
blue
What is your favorite flower?
carnation
What is your favorite journey?
home
What is your favorite swear word?
What is your favorite way of spending time?
reading
What is your greatest fear?
pain
What is your greatest regret?
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
working just for the pleasure of it
What is your most treasured possession?
my Palm TX
What is your motto?
things can always get better
How would you like to die?
with my eyes open
What is your principle defect?
becoming too intense
What living person do you most despise?
telemarketers
What talent would you most like to have?
the ability to carry a tune
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
living in the moment
What was the last book you read?
What would you like to be?
Sarah (from the movie Labyrinth)
What would you regard as the lowest depths of misery?
having nothing to do
When and where were you happiest?
today
Where would you like to live?
Valley of Peace (from the animated series Kung Fu Panda)
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Belisarius
Which living person do you most admire?
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
putz
Who are your favorite actors?
the whole cast from Hallmark's Arabian Nights
Who are your favorite musicians?
Tom Petty
Yanni
Josh Groban
Diana Krall
Schiller
Who are your favorite painters?
Who are your favorite poets?
Rudyard Kipling, 'If'
Who are your favorite writers?
Mary R. Rinehart
Richard Harding Davis
P. G. Wodehouse
Jude Deveraux
Who are your heroes in real life?
Who have been the greatest influences on you?
my husband
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Who is the greatest love of your life?
God