The Index Biography #16: Prize = A Good Book February 28, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary , trackback
The Index Biography is a new form of biography pioneered by this blog and introduced in a previous post. The creator must find a biography of a famous individual from history, they must turn to the index and write down eight peripheral facts about the individual’s life. We offered up previously here Sheridan le Fanu and Joseph Stalin (he of ripe banana fame) and these might stand as examples. The reader on the other hand must identify who is being described: think of it as a history version of balderdash. The prize is a copy of the relevant and fun biography sent via Amazon for the first correct answer: the first claimed prize went to South Africa so we take our duties seriously; the second to last to Australia and the last to somewhere in the States (though Beach was very late in sending). This is in the contemporary tag! Note that so far two index quizzes have not been solved… 13 and 15…
Changed subject whenever he disagreed with someone
Falls from horse and hurts himself (several times)
Gambling problem
Hates Spiritualists
Learns Finnish
Meets Dali-lama
Wants to be sailor as boy
Wife becomes a nun in England
Tineke got this and the answer is spool down….
Mannerheim!
