Sort of a fun test, but some of the questions really offer no sensible answer for me ..my answer to the Carl Sagan question would be a simple "no," for example, which isn't offered as a choice ... apparently the nerd world is divided into people who read Carl Sagan and people who laugh at the word "bookshelves." I can't quite fathom the joke, if it is one.
Another one that stood out: "group 4" in the "pick one" section contains nothing I have to begin with: I don't own a single movie T-Shirt, I don't drink beer, and I don't own a TV set. Lots of other questions are similarly skewed (and not in the fun way, where the result is a clever joke ...)
So, with that said, mine came out "Uber Cool Light-Weight Nerd," with:
I'd have hoped to ping higher as a history nerd (which I consider myself) but since they lump it with literature (which I find tedious) I guess that score, at least, hits the mark :) I suspect my SciFi/Comic score is mostly based on knowing the Glen Larson answers ...
Sorry to inflict it on you both, but it seemed everybody in hobbyfan's gundam forum had one, so I took the test. The "read a book?LOL!1" tone of some of the questions irked me to no end, but I haven't grown out of the old + and - Geek Code, and hoped this would be amusing.
In a related note, my word verification starts with "usux".
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After a year of running Swords & Wizardry as a celebration of sorts of
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Sort of a fun test, but some of the questions really offer no sensible answer for me ..my answer to the Carl Sagan question would be a simple "no," for example, which isn't offered as a choice ... apparently the nerd world is divided into people who read Carl Sagan and people who laugh at the word "bookshelves." I can't quite fathom the joke, if it is one.
ReplyDeleteAnother one that stood out: "group 4" in the "pick one" section contains nothing I have to begin with: I don't own a single movie T-Shirt, I don't drink beer, and I don't own a TV set. Lots of other questions are similarly skewed (and not in the fun way, where the result is a clever joke ...)
So, with that said, mine came out "Uber Cool Light-Weight Nerd," with:
Sci/Math: 20%
Tech/Comp: 7%
SciFi/Comic: 55%
Hist/Lit: 58%
Dumb/Dork: 8%
I'd have hoped to ping higher as a history nerd (which I consider myself) but since they lump it with literature (which I find tedious) I guess that score, at least, hits the mark :) I suspect my SciFi/Comic score is mostly based on knowing the Glen Larson answers ...
Sorry to inflict it on you both, but it seemed everybody in hobbyfan's gundam forum had one, so I took the test. The "read a book?LOL!1" tone of some of the questions irked me to no end, but I haven't grown out of the old + and - Geek Code, and hoped this would be amusing.
ReplyDeleteIn a related note, my word verification starts with "usux".
My title is "Uber Cool High Nerd".
ReplyDeleteThis was a fun test, but to silly to put on my blog.
B.t.w. what Traveller Major Race Are You?
berka, like Zho-Berka?
ReplyDeleteFangasm!
I LOVE your stuff!
Science/Math 61%
ReplyDeleteTechnology/Computer 70%
Sf/Comic 60%
History/Literature 96%
Dumb/Dork/Awkward 17%
Making me a Cool High Nerd
Woo!
Sci/Math: 34%
ReplyDeleteTech/Comp: 25%
SciFi/Comic: 88%
Hist/Lit: 97%
Dumb/Dork/Awkward: 56%
Kinda Dorky Nerd King
I'm not sure how I was so awkward - holey socks I guess
Science/Math 94%
ReplyDeleteTech/Computer 85%
SciFi/Comic 76%
History/Lit 96%
Dumb/Dork 17%
A "Cool Nerd King", just like my cool brother-in-law. How surprising. :-)
Cool History / Lit Geek
ReplyDeleteI didn't write down the percentages.
I had the exact same objections as sjohn. Many times I was forced to pick an untrue answer because of supposedly humerous reasons.
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