How geeky are you, really?

In My Humble Opinion
1

I must give credit (or blame) where it’s due to **jeevmon, ** who forwarded this to me (although I’ll let him decide whether to post his score):

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

I scored a 16.17357%. A geek, but just barely (and that’s with all the bonus points for being female). So c’mon, guys, it’s confession time…

Also, what questions do you think are missing? For one thing, I don’t recall any Dr. Who-related ones…some of my high school friends would have been screwed on that category alone. And why does show choir count, but not regular choir, or (and yes, this would have killed me) handbell choir?

2

40.03945% - Major Geek

3

53.84615% - Super Geek

Yes, I’m female, but damn, I’m not that geeky…just geeky enough to wish they had obscure computer languages or math equations or gaming references in the list.

Wait, I just noticed I have a safety pin replacing a button on my shirt. That’s got to be good for a couple points.

4

18.3432% - geek

I’m sure I could think of some more questions, but right now I have to run out for my 3d lunch of the day, to have my hair cut by my beautiful Hooters Girl barber. (Which in itself, probably would elevate my score!)

5

Oh, and as for stuff that wasn’t on the test, questions inferred by these answers:

I met my wife through D&D.
We had an SCA wedding.
Our son is named after a D&D character.
Our daughter is named after a character in an Anne McCaffrey novel, but our first choice (which my mother nixed) was the name of a Star Trek character.
I lost my virginity at band camp.
I got a handshake from my prom date.
I have been to Greyhaven.

There is nothing on the test about the SDMB.

6

38.46154% - Major Geek

And I owe it all to Parallax!

7

7.29783% - Poser

Pffft. am not.

8

I ranked 23.4714% - Geek. I’m surprised… I didn’t think i was that bad. I missed out on a lot of the Trekkie and computer stuff, though. I would’ve pegged myself as a 5% geek.

I’m slinking back to playing Doom, now.

9

Oh yeah, I almost forgot! More missing questions:

Level of Anime addiction (one of my friends naamed his eldest daughter after an Anime character, and his wife doesn’t reaalize it to this day!)

Level of Magic addiction (same friend snuck out of his own wedding reception to play Magic in the best man’s hotel suite)

10

19.13215% - Geek

Nowhere near as geeky as I thought I was…

11

I am quite surprised:
12.2288% - Geekish Tendencies

I woulda thought I was rather a big Geek.

12

I am 27.41617% - Total Geek

What got me was all the star trek and star wars stuff and the “geeky” channels I watch.

I still maintain the geeks are sexy.

13

I had to take this after we talked about it at lunch, Eva.

I rated 18.3432% - Geek - only slightly higher than you. Seems about right. My work requires a certain level of geekiness, and my degree (Computer Software and Engineering) is certainly geeky, but being a chick, I’m much less geeky than the typical guy in my field.

As far as what’s missing, I couldn’t think of anything offhand.

14

41.42012% - Major Geek.

Yeah, that’s about right… :slight_smile:

15

Dinsdale - 18.3432
Porcupine - 18.3432

Uncle Bill, I’m calling you out big fella!

16

Only 15.97633% Geek. :cool:

I HAVE…

always hated mainstream
solved an entire 500+ piece puzzle
thought I could win a quiz show
corrected a salesperson on technical specs

I HAVE BEEN…

(nothing from this list)

I HAVE… (2)

criticized normality
gone to the movies alone
regularly

I HAVE READ…

Douglas Adams
J.R.R. Tolkien
books on math/science outside class
software/computer language books

I WANT…

a real lightsaber
a date
Leia or Amidala (Amidala)
more friends

I BELIEVE…

that anything can be fixed

I ROUTINELY WATCH…

bonus features on DVDs

I HAVE SEEN (2+ courier)…

Bladerunner
Highlander: the movie
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Matrix
Any Monty Python movie
TRON
All Star Trek movies
The Star Wars Trilogy
Star Wars Episode I and II
Weird Science

I OWN…

5+ of the above movies on DVD
a few gaming books
1 or 2 computers
binoculars
laser pointer

I WANT TO BE (OR HAVE BEEN)…

a wizard
a physicist

I LIKE TO…

play with words/sounds
browse the dictionary to learn new words
turn on my computer first thing in the morning
use 1280x1024 or higher
program
make people think I’m weird
learn on my own

I PLAY…

music that nobody else listens to, ever
no sports
an excessive amount of computer games

I WEAR…

(nothing from this list)

I COLLECT…

(nothing from this list)

I HAVE… (3)

cracked software
built a computer
destroyed things just to see how they work (all the time as a kid, much to the dismay of the owners of said things)
played video/computer games for 12+ hours straight
created a website
submitted my personal website to search engines
dated someone over the internet

I KNOW…

C++
Java
BASIC
ASCII
HTML and/or JavaScript
what http:// stands for
what dpi stands for
what E=mc2 means
the value of pi (to 10 digits) (well I used to. not any more. 3.141592765 or something)
more people online than in real life
that Aol is the Spawn of Satan
that Bill Gates is both God and Satan
how to use special functions on a scientific calculator
chemical symbols for 10+ elements
the difference between speed and velocity
the difference between nuclear fission and fusion
what RAM and ROM stand for
who created MSDOS
who first implemented windows on their OS
what a “patch” means in computer terms
what the blue screen of death means

I KNOW… (2)

5+ Food TV hosts 
5+ Star Trek characters

the odd/even number rule of Star Trek movies
that the new millennium started in 2001
extensive, useless trivia
that the answer is 42

BONUS ROUND

I think this Geek Test is really cool * (well it is)

17

21.69625% - Geek

I was checking a lot of scary boxes, so I thought it would be a lot higher than that. I mean, I went to Computer Camp in 1983!

COMPUTER CAMP!!

18

27.81065% - Total Geek

Guess that’s about right as I’m just not into D&D or gaming.

19

26.42998% - Total Geek

I’m not sure if I’m disappointed or not, nor why I should be.

Or not.

-mdf

20

56.41026% - Extreme Geek

Fear me.