The Geek Test

roid · Post by **roid** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 10:23 pm

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

i answered it honestly and got
32.34714% Total Geek

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 10:36 pm

Holy chit, you're a geek for actually going through that whole Fing list!!

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 10:37 pm

im a geek for knowing that its quite old?

roid · Post by **roid** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 10:56 pm

i've been in a very clicky quizy mood

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:03 pm

This test is almost older then the DBB!

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:06 pm

41.61736% - Major Geek

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:51 pm

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...

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 12:34 am

I listed everything I have or ever did have because I still have it in one of three possible locations, ahehaeaheha

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 12:35 am

11.2426% - Geekish Tendencies

Hmmmm! How should i feel about that.

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 12:47 am

Flabby Chick wrote:
Hmmmm! How should i feel about that.

...Like an outcast.

here anyway

XeonJr · Post by **XeonJr** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 2:04 am

Hmmm 8.48126% - Poser

Hattrick · Post by **Hattrick** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 1:39 pm

What does it mean when you skim though the quiz and decide its too long to bother with?

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 2:43 pm

then you own a pigfarm

Darkside Heartless · Post by **Darkside Heartless** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 2:48 pm

46.74556% - Super Geek

Beat you all

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 2:50 pm

20.71006% - Geek

Hattrick · Post by **Hattrick** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 3:18 pm

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.

Kumba · Post by **Kumba** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 3:32 pm

32.1499% - Total Geek

[AuDiO] · Post by **[AuDiO]** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 4:28 pm

7.69231% - Poser

lowest score so far.

i'm "cool" then ,i guess.

Battlebot · Post by **Battlebot** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 4:29 pm

16.96252% - Geek

Zoop! · Post by **Zoop!** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 5:12 pm

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?

[AuDiO] · Post by **[AuDiO]** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 5:50 pm

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.

Drakona · Post by **Drakona** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 6:58 pm

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.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 7:23 pm

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 "-")

Defender · Post by **Defender** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:33 pm

31.75542% - Total Geek

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

Capm · Post by **Capm** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:43 pm

39.64497% - Major Geek

I added in a few things I wished I could have done/had access to do.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 10:10 pm

30.57199% - Total Geek

I checked the vast majority of the first "I Know" section. ROFL at "the answer is 42"

XSabre · Post by **XSabre** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 10:28 pm

13.80671% - Geekish Tendencies
heh

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 10:52 pm

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!

Capm · Post by **Capm** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 11:46 pm

100% - Liar!

LOL

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 1:02 am

Just for the record: 27.81065% - Total Geek

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 5:16 am

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!!!!

STUPID ★■◆●ing GOD DAMN TEST!!!!

roid · Post by **roid** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 5:21 am

uh, for the record this test does not have my "good test" stamp of approval. but rather it's just a bit of fun.

Phoenix Red · Post by **Phoenix Red** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 7:02 pm

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

Flatlander · Post by **Flatlander** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 7:37 pm

Only 30.76923% - Total Geek

Neo · Post by **Neo** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 12:12 am

What's up with all these geek threads?

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 3:01 am

we r teh geek?

roid · Post by **roid** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 6:06 am

heh extra points for borg sage

Floyd · Post by **Floyd** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 3:23 pm

24.26036% - Geek

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

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 5:17 pm

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...

Phoenix Red · Post by **Phoenix Red** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 6:15 pm

don't start bashing ren faires now

No really they're great fun