This is topic Take the Nerd test -- twenty bucks says even Tom isn't more than sixty percent Nerd.. in forum Books, Films, Food and Culture at Hatrack River Forum.
30.952380952380952% nerd blood flows through my veins.
This test hurts. So often, I knew the obscure references, but only when they were the wrong answers to the question posed.
I mean it, it burns.
Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :
Oh, and the key:
quote:0-9%: You're clean. Although, the fact that you made it through the entire test without leaving in disgust probably does count for something... 10-19%: n00b. 20-29%: You might be infected. Just slightly, but it will fester and grow and there is nothing you can do...you will be assimilated, resistance is futile. 30-39%: Embrace the nerdness. Don't bother making excuses for why you were watching the sci-fi channel anymore, it's too late for that. 40-49%: What's this, a well balanced nerd? Impressive. 50-69%: Dangerously nerdy...no make that dangeresque. 70-89%: You eat lembas for breakfast, know more IP addresses than phone numbers, and watch star trek reruns in your head. At warp speed. 90-100%: l33t hax0r king! pwner of n00bs! All hail ye, and despair! ...do try to shower on a somewhat regular basis, though.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
w00t! 50% -- pretty good for a test THAT weighted toward the nerdy stuff I don't know. Needed more Star Trek, less D&D. Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
59.523809523809526% nerd blood flows through my veins.
I've forgotten all the D&D and DNA stuff, or I'd have gotten higher.
Posted by Jeni (Member # 1454) on :
21.428571428571427%
98.548154541137845% of which was based on 100% random guesses.
Posted by Richard Berg (Member # 133) on :
Great test!
47.6% - not bad for someone who never reads comics or plays fantasy/computer games
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
33.333333333333336% and about half of the correct answers were complete guesses.
Posted by Zevlag (Member # 1405) on :
47.61904761904762% nerd blood flows through your veins.
hmm, I should have done better, but I know I missed some of D&D stuff...
[ March 15, 2004, 02:51 AM: Message edited by: Zevlag ]
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
This test is obviously made by someone under 20, if not still in high school.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Given the URL, I rather suspect its a college student. Probably a freshman or sophomore, though, as by his information he has not yet chosen a major.
Posted by esl (Member # 3143) on :
21.428571428571427%
I was only absolutely sure on two of them.
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
I took a much harder, much more comprehensive "Nerd Test" that was posted on an MIT website. It made me feel like a chump. I think I got a 15% or something. Gotta love a test that asks chess strategy questions.
Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :
Chess strategy? I gotta take that.
Mind finding it again?
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
69.04761904761905% nerd blood flows through my veins, apparently. I'm a goner.
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
n00b. Go figure.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
52%. Too many video game questions.
Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :
So far, Shig is the only one that beat me?
64.28571428571429, baby!
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
28.57% nerd. Nerdism by osmosis.
Now a dork test, that I'd ace.
Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :
<a href="http://ludicrousspeed.co.nr/nerdtest.html" target="_blank"> 33.333333333333336% of me is a huge nerd! How about you?</a>
Posted by Happy Camper (Member # 5076) on :
I'm the same amount of nerd as Lalo.
30.952380952380952%
I know I missed a lot of the video game questions.
Posted by Mabus (Member # 6320) on :
quote:57.142857142857146% nerd blood flows through your veins.
As it happens, I missed a lot of computer game questions too.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
26.somethingorother% I only knew the questions about the Matrix and Dune.
Posted by lcarus (Member # 4395) on :
quote:29. In 2029, John Connor leads a valiant resistance against computer nemesis:
Skynet Icarus Shodan Arpanet Telnet pr0nnet
-o-
30.952380952380952% of me is a huge nerd! How about you?
-o-
I agree with the under 20 comment.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Oh man -- I thought I'd do a lot better than that!
23.80952380952381% nerd blood flows through your veins.
Oh well.
Farmgirl
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Bwahaha. Eddie, you owe me. *grin* 71.42857142857143%
People, age has nothing to do with this. It's actually got a pretty decent sampling from sci-fi of the last thirty years -- and, let's face it, being familiar with sci-fi from BEFORE the last thirty years won't qualify you as a nerd; it'll qualify you as being old enough to be dead. It was actually kind of embarrassing how many of these I was absolutely SURE about; based on the final score, I must have missed almost every single one I guessed on.
Edit: I beat Geoff? But he's a PROFESSIONAL pop culture nerd! *suspicious look* I bet he threw that test.
[ March 15, 2004, 09:24 AM: Message edited by: TomDavidson ]
Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :
45.23809523809524% hmmm well balanced... that's a first.
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
I quickly realized that most of the questions would be completely incomprehensible to me and stopped after #4. I thought I was more knowledgeable about nerd culture than that.
I bet Andrew will ace it, though.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Licky, I picked Icarus on that question precisely because that's your handle...I thought there was a slight chance you picked it based on that story or whatever.
Posted by Xaposert (Member # 1612) on :
26.19047619047619%
Posted by Jacare Sorridente (Member # 1906) on :
I'm only 52% nerd. The video game questions got me.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
50% Even. Nerd blood flows through my veins.
Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :
21.4?????????
I'm a little nerdy but all the tech questions got me. Plus I missed some that I knew so i'm a bit more nerdy than this shows. At least I have proof now that I'm not a super nerd!
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
33.333 etc
Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :
45.23809523809524% nerd blood flows through your veins. Probably would have done better if I had played more of the games.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
50% Some of them were rediciulously easy to use multiple choice logic to eliminate. In terms of what I actually knew, I probably should have gotten 25%-30% especially since I don't game.
AJ
33% without guessing
[ March 15, 2004, 10:57 AM: Message edited by: BannaOj ]
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
26.something.
I expected to know nothing. The only ones I completely had to guess on were computer games. It's too late to escape though. My nerdiness will grow and fester in my veins.
Some of them I'm kicking myself for getting wrong, though. How many times have I listened to HHGTTG?
Arg.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
54.76190476190476% of me is a huge nerd!
I liked the Monty Python references - haven't seen them on a nerd test before.
Dagonee
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
47% nerd.
Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
40.6790448
Okay, so I made up the numbers after the decimal. I am a well-balanced nerd. In other words, I know the movie and book references but don't play D&D or video games.
Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
64.28571428571429% for me. I'm definitely one of the nerdiest here. Most of the ones I missed were about computers or math. That's my even nerdier brother's forte, not mine.
Posted by solo (Member # 3148) on :
35.714285714285715% nerd blood flows through your veins.
I'm not as nerdy as I expected. My wife will be surprised.
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
While I love Tom and hold him in the highest regard, it never would have occurred to me that Lalo would win his bet if the test in question actually measured nerdiness. Given the real chance, I'd be $20 richer.
However, via deduction and multiple-guess skills, I achieved the same score as he did, which scares me to no end. I don't think of myself as nerdy. I was, long ago, but I thought I outgrew it more than I have. *sigh*
--Pop
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
A: 42 B: What is Pooka's nerd percentage?
Posted by ssywak (Member # 807) on :
I was shocked--only 34% nerd!
Posted by Coccinelle (Member # 5832) on :
I am so incredibly disappointed in myself.
I only scored with 26.19047619047619% nerd blood flowing through my veins.
However, I have to admit, the only computer game I even own at the moment is the Sims and there wasn't one question about that on there...
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
It's safe to say that if the only computer games you own are "The Sims," "Railroad Tycoon," or "Madden 2004," you're probably not a nerd.
Posted by Head Ditch Digger (Member # 5085) on :
40%
Posted by larisse (Member # 2221) on :
Mine was 45.23809523809524% nerd blood flows through your veins. You know what worries me... it's not the missed game questions or the missed STAR TREK references (mostly the Klingon). It's definitely not Dune or HGTG references (if I had missed those I'd have kicked my own nerd butt). It's the fact that I cut and pasted the result rather than just rounding the number and typing it up in the post. That could just be laziness though.
*Looks at the other posts in this thread* Can I assume that most of the rest of you did the same thing?
BTW... according to the percentile I fall into, I am well balanced. Guess there is a first time for everything. Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I got bored taking the test. What does that mean?
Added: Okay, tried again. 21.428571428571427%
*starts questioning Hatrack credentials*
[ March 15, 2004, 01:13 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
What if the only computer games you own are Solitaire, Freecell, Hearts, and Minesweeper?
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Then you aren't even a GEEK, much less a nerd. Unless you've somehow managed to write a Minesweeper mod or something.
[ March 15, 2004, 01:32 PM: Message edited by: TomDavidson ]
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Yeah I'm in Moose's camp. I have never bought a computer game for myself.
AJ
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
I forgot to include a number of computer games that were gifts from others:
Fisher Price Baby Smartronics
Sesame Street Toddler
Mickey Mouse Preschool
Winnie the Pooh Preschool
Stanley Tiger Tales
Putt-Putt Saves The Zoo
Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse
Aside from a grateful parent, what does that make me? <Fears answer.> --Pop
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
42% (+) Nerd. Somehow that seems fitting.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
I think it makes you the parent of potential nerds, and perhaps the cause of nerdiness in others, but not a nerd yourself. Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
28.571428571428573%
That's about right. My lack of video gaming and role playing experience killed me. And so did anything related to binary. And apparently, while I do know some Star Wars and LOTR esoterica (albeit not enought to be nerd-credible), my Star Trek knowledge is very limited.
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
I'm a carrier, eh? Cool.
Posted by John L (Member # 6005) on :
50% for me, and I object to the gaming questions. I know plenty of people way nerdier than I could ever hope to be (even if I practiced for a decade), and they don't touch any games that don't include dice. A nerd who plays mostly computer games is like a closeted gay man... it's like denial.
And Dune is older than 30 years, by the way. Published in 1965 (I used to know the month, but I've been lax), and there were shorts published in magazines before that.
<--- is not a nerd. Very much a geek, but nowhere near being a nerd.
Posted by Amka (Member # 690) on :
54.76190476190476%
Yeah. I'm the nerdiest girl on this board.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
*psst, Shigosei is female*
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
2.380952380952381% of me is a huge nerd! How about you?
Thank God. I never played D&D. There were Matrix and Dune questions.......what's Dune?
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
61.904761904761905% nerd blood flows through your veins.
Wow. Only a couple of people here have beaten me. That frightens me.
Posted by unicornwhisperer (Member # 294) on :
9.523809523809523% nerd blood flows through my veins.
I think I only got the Lord of the Rings questions right... maybe some war craft.... I deffinitely got the homestar runner ones right. hee hee
Posted by Marlozhan (Member # 2422) on :
35.714285714285715% of me is a huge nerd! How about you?
Well, now I know I am 3.7499 times more nerdy than my wife. Cool.
[ March 15, 2004, 04:37 PM: Message edited by: Marlozhan ]
Posted by HRE (Member # 6263) on :
I am proud to say that I answered all questions that pertained to HHGTTG, LOTR, SO: 2001, and the Matrix correctly.
Does that just make me a well-read nerd?
Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :
I actually managed to get more questions right than I deserved, just through logic. Like the one about the poem inscribed on the One Ring. I don't actually speak the tongue of Mordor, but if you know the poem in English, it's pretty easy to assign the corresponding lines. Two of the lines are totally parallel, one is short and somewhat parallel, and one is longer and very different from the others. Plus, it rhymes in both languages. Since the question was about one of the non-parallel lines, it wasn't hard to guess which it was.
Posted by edgardu (Member # 242) on :
30.952380952380952% for me.
I vote that everyone who rounded off their scores should be assessed a 50% penalty. Shame on you! Have you no respect for precision?
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
Geoff, that's nerdier than just knowing the answer.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
*proud of Geoff*
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
actually I used the exact same logic as Geoff to get the answer.
AJ
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
*proud of Anna*
Posted by cochick (Member # 6167) on :
26.19047619047619% - I might be infected!
I'm proud of my quarter nerdyness.
I actually knew 4 answers - so must have guessed right on the rest. Didn't have a clue on the comp games or D&D stuff.
[ March 15, 2004, 06:35 PM: Message edited by: cochick ]
Posted by Amka (Member # 690) on :
Curses! Foiled again.
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
23% It told me to watch out, I may be infected. Good thing there were no questions about D&D 3.5!
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
61.904761904761905%
Dangeresque 2! This time... it's not Dangeresque 1...
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
19.047619047619047% nerd blood flows through your veins.
I'm a pathetic n00b. Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
35.714285714285715%
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
eslaine, the question about the ranger's AC in 3.0 applies to 3.5 as well.
(And Geoff, I used exactly the same approach on the LotR poem. *grin*)
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
*hangs head*
*kicks imaginary rocks*
Yeah, I got that question right, Tom...
[ March 15, 2004, 09:33 PM: Message edited by: eslaine ]
Posted by Snuffles (Member # 4332) on :
33%!
Would probly have been bigger if I knew anything about videogames.
Ni!
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Turns out I'm balanced. Who knew? Posted by Anthro (Member # 6087) on :
30.952380952380952%
I'm so ashamed! I'm not as nerdy as I thought!
Posted by The Wiggin (Member # 5020) on :
35.714285714285715% nerd blood flows through your veins.
Stupid D&D other then thaqt I think I was pretty close.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
I just got a tad over 9%.
Hmmm.
Well, if the test dealt with such items as medieval clothing, when the longbow first moved out of Wales, important trees in rituals . . . sigh.
I gave up and selected the humorous answers when the immediate answer didn't spring to mind. Or become readily apparent through application of cold, careful logic (a la Geoff - that really IS nerdy, me boyo!)
Ah well -
Live long and make lots of money so you can afford the liposuction to get rid of Aguilera's hips . . . Posted by ReikoDemosthenes (Member # 6218) on :
I remain in shock...I got almost exactly 1/3, just slightly over...here I thought I might get barely over 10%...apparently I was wrong...
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
30.952380952380952% nerd blood flows through your veins.
About half were guesses, but I got the LotR stuff right away!
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