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The Geek Test

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http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html

i answered it honestly and got
32.34714% Total Geek
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Holy chit, you're a geek for actually going through that whole Fing list!!
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im a geek for knowing that its quite old?
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i've been in a very clicky quizy mood :)
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Post by Krom »

This test is almost older then the DBB!
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41.61736% - Major Geek
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When that was first written the Dead Sea was only sick.

edit: 40.82% -- pretty weak. There were a lot of "do you have?" questions that I couldn't say yes to because I left a lot of that stuff with my dad...
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I listed everything I have or ever did have because I still have it in one of three possible locations, ahehaeaheha
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Post by Flabby Chick »

11.2426% - Geekish Tendencies

Hmmmm! How should i feel about that. ;)
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Flabby Chick wrote:
Hmmmm! How should i feel about that. ;)
...Like an outcast. :) here anyway
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Hmmm 8.48126% - Poser
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What does it mean when you skim though the quiz and decide its too long to bother with? :P
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then you own a pigfarm
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46.74556% - Super Geek

Beat you all :lol:
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20.71006% - Geek
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Beowulf wrote:then you own a pigfarm
Hey!
That explains all these pigs running around.
More importantly it explains why I don't have a life. :P
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32.1499% - Total Geek
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7.69231% - Poser

lowest score so far.:) i'm "cool" then ,i guess.:P
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16.96252% - Geek
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Post by Zoop! »

7.62931% - Poser

Tied for the lowest score. Since my score was the latter of the two, does that make me less geeky than AuDiO?
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Zoop! wrote:Since my score was the latter of the two, does that make me less geeky than AuDiO?
i don't think it would, because that's irrelevenat to the quiz.

then again a geek might come along and tell me wrong.:D
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35.30572% - Major Geek

I felt I suffered from an unfair test in some ways. For example, my lack of exposure to tabletop RPG dinged me pretty bad on that test--even though I view it as no larger a gap in my geek cultural exposure than having not seen Attack of the Clones yet. I mean, yeah, it's a serious gap, but it's not *that* important. There were other things that cost me a lot of points that I was kind of miffed about, such as a surplus of dates or an utter distaste for television. I don't see those as a blight on my geekiness at all, especially due to the reasons--being married to a big geek, and shunning TV for computers and math books. Ah well. Nothing's perfect I guess.

Some quesions that perhaps might have been fair to ask and probably would have helped my score --

- You know how and why a slide rule works and/or have made one (I didn't see a thing on there about slide rules, a serious omission in my book)
- You engage in excessively geometric/mathematical artistic expressions such as building with Zome tools or doing origami
- You own a sword or practice sword and want to know how to use it (It should have said at least *something* about societies for creative anachronism and/or boffing clubs...)
- You program computers for fun (I didn't see a *thing* about this, and should be worth big points in my book!)
- You do/learn math for fun
- The math you do for fun is so advanced that most people will never have cause to know it *exists*
- You have taken apart computer parts and/or destroyed them for fun (ooh--or fixed them using one of the following: superglue, a rubber band, a toothpick, scotch tape or a wad of chewing gum)
- Something about interest in codes or ciphers--either making or cracking or just fooling around with them
- You know what "steganography" is, and/or you've tried your hand at it or at least wanted to
- You dressed up as a mathemagician for Halloween (and are darned proud of it!)

I was, however, quite satisfied with their listing of geek classical literature. In particular, some oft-overlooked movies like Princess Bride and even more classic references like to Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics made an appearance. Nice. :)
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Post by Krom »

You know you are a geek when you create a bulleted list of questions that the geek test is missing on an online forum. ;) (granted you did only use "-")
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Post by Defender »

31.75542% - Total Geek

The "I know" section made me feel pretty geeky.
Knew just about everything in the first one. lol
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39.64497% - Major Geek

I added in a few things I wished I could have done/had access to do.
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Post by Top Gun »

30.57199% - Total Geek

I checked the vast majority of the first "I Know" section. ROFL at "the answer is 42" :P
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13.80671% - Geekish Tendencies
heh
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Post by Vertigo 99 »

i got 12.2288%, shockingly low. i mean, i could tell you off the top of my head the properties that platemail gives in D&D!
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100% - Liar!

LOL :P
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Post by Krom »

Just for the record: 27.81065% - Total Geek
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MEH... 14.7929% - Geekish Tendencies
yeh right. hahaha. I play on my computer ALL ★■◆●ing DAY, you call me not a geek!? IMA GEEK GOD ★■◆●ing DAMNIT!!!! :x
STUPID ★■◆●ing GOD DAMN TEST!!!! :D
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Post by roid »

uh, for the record this test does not have my "good test" stamp of approval. but rather it's just a bit of fun.
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the test wrote:I HAVE SEEN (2+ TIMES) any kung fu movie made before 1980
ENTAR TEH DRAGON PWNS JOOO!!!!!11one!!!
the test wrote:I LIKE TO do physics in my head
I had been wondering if that was just me.
the test wrote:I KNOW...(@)how to play 7+ games with regular deck(s) of cards
How many different kinds of poker can I count?


27.21893% - Total Geek <- more than I thought before I read the test hehe
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Only 30.76923% - Total Geek :) :(
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Post by Neo »

What's up with all these geek threads?
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we r teh geek?
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heh extra points for borg sage
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Post by Floyd »

24.26036% - Geek

don't know what the SCA is, but it's rather a US thing i take it?!
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Post by Lothar »

SCA = society for creative anachronism (you're not the only one who missed this -- Drak complained it wasn't there, because she didn't recognize the abbreviation.)

It's basically a medieval club, usually focused on swordfighting with wooden or foam swords, or fencing. Sometimes they get all dressed up in clothing from the period, or walk around in armor, or otherwise celebrate the 1500's...
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Post by Phoenix Red »

don't start bashing ren faires now :(

No really they're great fun
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