Nerd Quiz: What's your score?



Update April 5, 2005:
There are links throughout the article referencing an online Nerd Quiz. It looks like the server housing this quiz has crashed as it has been very sproadically reachable for the last week or so ...

While we are on this whole "Increasing Your 'Hotness'" and this whole "I used to be geeky but now I'm a stud" thing:

(see relevant article #1)
(see relevant article #2)
(see Figure 1 and Figure 2)

Figure 1: Then Click to enlarge

Figure 2: Now

Anyway ... found this "Nerd Quiz" from perusing one of my friend's blogs: (Shannon you are too funny). (by the way, Visit Shannon's Blog Here)

So what is your nerd score? I am "Highly Nerdy" at 89% Nerd Level.



Three notes here...

first: I think if I would have taken this quiz a few years ago (pre-Sheri) I DEFINITELY would have scored higher.

second: I guess the score is still pretty darn high

third: fact is still, I'm cooler than I used to be.. 89% is still a bit nerdy, but it's progressively becoming lower and the fact is Sheri is really making me COOL!!

(err.. in that HOT kind of way ... I mean ... )

(..crazy kids and their slang today .."hot" and "cool" mean the same thing, but i'm "fresh" with that .. I ain't "wack")

Okay, so moving on.

Take the quiz first!!

And afterwards you can follow along with me here. Naturally there are spoilers below so don't read further yet until you take the quiz yourself first ...

Here we go:

1. Current Age:
Less than 13
13 to 15
16 to 18
19 to 22
23 to 26
27 to 35
36 to 50
Older than 50

Ben's Thoughts:
Wondering if the older you are, the less cool and more geeky you are for taking a nerd quiz online .. when you should have better things to do?

2. What is your highest level of education?
Less than high school
High school
Some college (no degree)
2-year college degree
4-year college degree
Master-level degree
Doctorate-level degree

3. On average, how long are you on a computer daily? (Not while working)
Less than 1 hour
About an hour
1 to 3 hours
3 to 5 hours
5 to 7 hours
7 to 10 hours
More than 10 hours.

Ben's Thoughts:
If you are on the comptuer at work but not working, how does that factor in? And if I'm on the computer at home doing work (building websites or writing articles for Swing Dancing ... which according to our taxes is work-related), how does that factor?



Though someone once asked me "So if they paid the same, would you dance full time or be on the computer full time?" to which I replied "I can get burned out on dancing. I never would get burned out on the computer." So we'll stick with 5 to 7 hours

4. Do you telnet/ssh?
Huh?
No
Yes, once or so a month
Yes, about once a week
Yes, it is a daily routine

Ben's Thoughts:
As if ... a good thing they didn't ask "do you telnet to other ports besides 23?"

5. How many of the following do you own? (Count item group only once)
A Microscope
A Telescope
A Graphing Calculator
A Laser Printer
A Laptop

Ben's Thoughts:
I did have a graphing calculator in high school..but haven't had one since high school ..woohoo less nerdy!

As far as computers ... I have one laptop running windows, one running redhat linux, and I have a UltraSparc5 ...woohoo more nerdy!

Sheri's friend once told her: "Ultra Sparc 5? Wow..that's as bad as owning five laptops or something"

6. Who is this?

I don't know
Albert Einstein
James Clerk Maxwell
Isaac Newton
Johann Kepler
Max Planck

7. In E=MC2, what does C stand for?
I don't know
Einstein Constant
The speed of light
2.99792458 x 10⁸ m/s
2.99792458 x 10⁸ km/s

Ben's Thoughts:
A practical application:

Rate = Distance over Time ... our Rate is c = speed of light. So some examples of how to calculate this (and remember we are looking at great distances over little time).

Distance from the green light to the driver behind you divided by Time it takes for him get on the horn.

Distance from Sheri to me the first time she saw me divided by the Time it took for her heart to totally melt

Distance of the line around Border's waiting for the next Harry Potter book divided by the Time from when the book release party was announced

you get the idea ...


8. How much memory (RAM) does the computer you are on have?
I don't know
Less than 127MB
128MB or more
256MB or more
512MB or more
1GB or more
1.5GB or more
3GB or more, WOW!

9. Who is this?

I don't know
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Carl Sagan
Brian Greene

10. What is/was your GPA?
Don't know/care
Less than 2.90 (Somewhat average)
2.90 to 3.19 (Average marks)
3.20 to 3.69 (Great grades)
3.70 to 3.89 (Mostly high marks)
3.90 to 4.00 (Only high marks)
Higher than 4.00 (Improbable)

Ben's Thoughts:
since college really just kicked my arse majorly I did myself the favor and included middle school and high school .. hmm.. okay and elementary school as well...

hmm.. i wonder if that should actually raise my nerd score since I'm using borderline methods to raise my GPA?

11. How many magazine subscriptions to math, science, and medical publications do you have (i.e. Popular Science, Scientific American, etc..)?
None
One
2 to 3
4 to 6
More than 6

Ben's Thoughts:
who needs magazine subscriptions when you're on the internet 5 to 7 hours a day?

12. Which of these is an element? No emails about spelling please, the correct answer is here.
Fermium
DNA
Berillium
Galidium

13. How many good friends do you have?
less than four
4 to 6
7 to 10
11 to 15
More than 15

Ben's Thoughts:
It's really because of swing dancing too ... Thanks to all my wonderful close friends I've met through swing dancing ...love you guys

14. What does your Friday night consist of?
Bed by 10pm
Online gaming and/or chatting
Dungeons and Dragons
Going out (bar, movie, restaurant) with friends
Going out by yourself
Going out with a significant other
Playing by yourself :P
A good book

Ben's Thoughts:
In my neophyte swing dancing days ... the answer would have been "In bed by 10pm" only because I'd be worn out from going out dancing so much the rest of the week.. interesting no?

15. Look at the below picture:

What's the first thing you notice about her?
Her face (eyes, nose, lips, etc..)
Her elf ears
Her shirt, looks good
Her shirt, looks bad
Vulcans don't smile!!

Ben's Thoughts:
Strangely..never a big fan of Star Trek... besides, I think Monty Python is much more nerdy than Star Trek ... (and yes, I'm a Monty Python fan!)

16. What is the highest level of mathematics you have taken?
Less than anything listed here
High School Algebra
College Freshman / Sophomore Calculus
Differential Equations / Linear Algebra
Abstract Algebra / Real Analysis
Graduate-Level Coursework
Graduate Dissertation Reading Course

17. In high school, which subject did you like the best?
English
Geography or History
Science
Gym
Math

Ben's Thoughts:
interestingly, gym would be a VERY close second, math would be third

18. Which job sounds the most fun?
Researcher
Doctor
Teacher
Airline Pilot
Engineer
Firefighter
Lawyer

19. Which calculator brand is your favorite?
Texas Instrument
Hewlett-Packard (post-1990)
Hewlett-Packard (pre-1990 -- RPN, dude!)
Sharp w/ Advanced D.A.L.
Casio
I don't care, as long as it adds
I don't care, as long as it graphs

Ben's Thoughts:
now my favorite calculator is to use "dc" on my linux box ...

20. Which of the following is not a real programming language?
Basic
C++
PASCAL
Assembly
FORTRAN
COBOL

Ben's Thoughts:
I swear I thought one of the choices was going to be "HTML"

21. What is the best use of canned air?
Clean electronics
Tipping upside down and spraying things
Blowing objects across surfaces

Ben's Thoughts:
though I'm pretty sure most people buy it for the purpose of cleaning electronics...

22. Where do/did you sit in class?
In the front
Somewhere in the middle
Towards the back

23. Do/did you take notes in more than one color?
Yes
Sometimes
No

Ben's Thoughts:
kind of like when you write articles on the web, do you use more than one color?

24. Do/did you ever do homework on a Friday?
Yes, anytime I have/had homework
Sometimes
No

25. Can you name the elements on the periodic table?
Yes, more than 80%
About half
Very few

26. Do you have cracked software on your computer?
Yes
Maybe
Nope

27. Did you build the comptuer you are currently working on?
Yes
No, but I have built a computer
No

28. Do you know your current IP address?
Yes
No

29. Do you have a biohazard or warning signs posted in your room?
Yes
No

30. Should you have a biohazard or warning signs posted in your room?
Yes
No

31. What is the grossest thign in your room right now?
Nothing, it is clean
Some dirty clothes
Some old food
Insect or rodents
Dead insects and rodents

Ben's Thoughts:
Is Sheri reading this?

By the way .. most people have had an ant or insect problem .. most people spray stuff on the ants, killing them, then cleaning up the surface.

Doesn't it make more sense to just leave the ants there? Imagine you're an ant.. you come across a kitchen counter and see hundreds of your dead bretheren lying around .. wouldn't you book it out of there and tell your relatives and friends "Massacre! Massacre! Run for the hills!" and never set foot in that house again?

Yes, it did work. They didn't come back.

Yes, in fact Sheri and I were NOT married at the time .. how did you know?

32. What element is Mn?
Manganese
Magnesium
Mendelevium
Gold

33. How did you know?
I Guessed
I just knew it
I found a Periodic Table and looked it up
I looked at the Periodic Table next to me

Ben's Thoughts:
at least I got it down to a 50/50 guess

34. Do you plan on telling others your nerd score?
Yes
Maybe, depends on the score
No way!

Ben's Thoughts:
ummmmm.... ...wonder what my score would have been if they knew I was reproducing the test on our website

35. What kind of (wo)man are you?
Windows
Apple
UNIX/Linux
Sun (Solaris/SunOS)

36. What browser are you using to take this quiz?
Internet Explorer
Netscape
Firefox/Mozilla
Opera
American Online Browser
Lynx
Safari/Camino
Other (graphics based)

37. For statistical purposes, what "nerd-level" do you think you are?
Non-nerd
Wannabe Nerd
Slightly Nerdy
Plainly Nerdy
Highly Nerdy
KING NERD

38. Why did you take this quiz?
Found it on a search engine
Nothing better to do
Just really, really had to know
Had to prove that I was nerdier than someone else
Had to prove that I am not as nerdy as someone else

==end of quiz==

That was pretty fun I must say. One more plug for Shannon's Blog and I'm outta here.

Have a great weekend!

oh.. p.s.:
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