Nerdity Test v 5.x.cubed.minus.3.x.all.divided.by.2

The Loony Bin ( loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk )
Sat, 25 May 1996 22:28:54 +0100


Hiya Loonies...

These seem to be proving rather popular, so here it is...the definative
500 question Nerdity Test...this is an updated version of the old test
which means that you have seen some of the questions before...but there
are also 300 questions you haven't seen before...

Personally I once again find my score has gone up...this time to a
ridiculous 76%...as usual please send me your score (if you're prepared
to admit it) for the UPDATE...

Wishes & Dreams...

- ANDREA
        xx

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  ------- Forwarded foolishness follows -------

INTRODUCTION:

Hello, and welcome to the nerdity test.  This test is designed to help
you determine your nerdity quotient.  In the past, someone may have
watched you, or listened to something you said and then exclaimed, "You
geek!  What do you think you are doing?"  Or maybe it's just us.  In any
event, we here at the nerdity testing lab were prompted to ask "just
what is a nerd?"  In response, we came up with this test.  By taking it,
you will determine your current nerdity quotient (from 0% to 100%), with
100% roughly corresponding to a pile of sludge unable to communicate
with anything human except through a device that is a miracle of modern
medicine and engineering, and whose only connection to the outside world
is through the computer internet system.

GRADING:

As this test is being distributed primarily in places of high
concentrations of known nerds, and nerds in turn tend to have nerd
friends, that someone who has never heard of or seen the nerdity test is
assumed to be 0% nerd.  However, once such knowledge comes to them, they
are immediately placed in the 100% nerdity category.  This is done
because it is also assumed that only a true geek would utter something
to the effect of: "Nerdity test?!? What a stupid concept!  I'm too cool
to take something as dumb as that." The values in between are determined
by taking the test and scoring it as follows.
        
For each question below for which you can answer "yes" or "true", take
one point.  At the end of the test, divide the total number of points
you scored by 5.  Treat this number as a percentage that represents your
nerdity quotient. Some of the questions will have parentheticals at the
end of them.  What is contained within the parentheticals is a short
list of examples relating to the given question.  The list is not to be
taken as all inclusive but merely as suggestions that might apply.

All technicalities count - after all, being technical is half of what
being a nerd is all about.

RECOMMENDATIONS and HINTS:

It is felt that for maximum enjoyment, you should respond out loud with
your answers.  You should treat each "yes" that you say as a personal
catharsis of what you are doing wrong (or right depending on your
opinion of nerdity) and each "no" may then be disputed by your peers.
In this way, errors due to lying or personal oversight are avoided and
the test also has a therapeutic effect for the closet nerd.  As an
aside, information gleaned about others should be treated
confidentially.  Each of us has a dork-side that we don't want others to
know about.

Experiment shows that nerdity CAN be cured!  With effort and personal
sacrifice...  The nerdity quotient is a cross between proclivity toward
as well as actual current status in nerddom.  Some questions are "have
you ever..." while others are "do you now...".  The former register the
fact that you have a propensity toward nerdity, while the later
acknowledge the fact that you are currently geeking.  Obviously, as your
answers toward the "do you now" type questions change, so will your nerd
quotient.

Please use only a number two pencil.  Mark all answers in your blue
book.  Shake well before using.  Lather.  Rinse.  Repeat as desired.
Show all work.  Refrigerate after opening.  No partial credit will be
given.  A table of useful formulae is included at the end.  You may
begin....  NOW!

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SECTION 1: Education and Schooling

1.      Have you ever taken a "higher" math course?  (Trig, Calculus)
2.              ...at the college level?
3.              ...and received an A (3.7 grade point)?
4.      Are you still capable of doing what you learned in the course of
        #1?
5.      Have you ever taken a science course?  (Biology, Physics,
        Chemistry)
6.              ...at the college level?
7.              ...and received an A (3.7 grade point)?
8.      Are you still capable of doing what you learned in the course of
        #5?
9.      Have you ever majored in the "hard sciences"? (engineering,
        physics, chemistry, etc. but excluding psychology, economics,
        etc.)
10.     Have you ever taken Latin?
11.     Have you ever asked a question in lecture?
12.     Have you ever answered a question asked in lecture?
13.     Have you ever corrected a professor in lecture?
14.     Have you ever answered a rhetorical question?
15.     Have you ever given a lecture?
16.     Do you sit in the front row more than 20% of the time?
17.     Have you ever had a "perfect attendance record"?
18.     Have you ever verified an equation in a science text on your
        own?  (i.e.  experimental proof)
19.     Have you ever derived an equation you found in a science text?
20.             ...when you didn't have to?
21.             ...using other principles?  (starting from a different
        equation than the text did)
22.     Do you take notes in more than one color?
23.     Do you use other props when taking notes?  (ruler, compass,
        protractor)
24.     Have you ever tutored someone else?
25.     Have you ever done homework on a Friday night?
26.     Have you ever pulled an all-nighter?
27.     Have you taken any classes pass/fail just to preserve your GPA?
28.     Have you ever known more about the subject material than the
        lecturer?
29.             ...but continued in the class because you "needed the
        grade?"
30.             ...and had the lecturer admit this fact to you?
31.     Have you ever had an argument with a professor?
32.             Did you win?
33.     Has a lecturer ever referred someone to you as being more
        knowledgeable?
34.     Did you apply to any college merely for the sake of "seeing if I
        would get in"?
35.     Was your SAT math more than 300 above your verbal?
36.     Did you score higher than 1200 combined on the SAT?

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SECTION 2: Knowledge

37.     Can you count in binary?  (up to decimal 10)
38.     Can you count in hexadecimal?  (up to decimal 20)
39.     Can you count in Roman numerals? 
40.     Do you know Maxwell's equations?  (integral or differential
        form)
41.     Do you know Schroedinger's Equation?
42.     Have you ever solved Schroedinger's Equation?
43.             ...for fun?
44.     Do you know the difference between a scalar and a vector?
45.     Do you know the difference between a vector and a tensor?
46.     Do you know the right-hand-rule for cross-products?
47.     Do you know the Latin name (genus and species) for anything?
        (fruit fly, human being)
48.     Can you understand the owner's manual for electronic equipment?
49.     Can you understand the electronic schematic for electronic
        equipment?
50.     Do you know what a "reverse polish notation" calculator is?
51.     Can you name the first nine elements of the periodic table in
        order?
52.     Can you translate more than half the chemical symbols into the
        name of the element they represent?
53.     Do you know the wavelengths in the visible spectrum?
54.     Are you bilingual?
55.             ...and not an immigrant or child of an immigrant?
56.     Can you briefly outline the biological process that occur due to
                alcohol when it is consumed by a human?
57.             ...while drunk?
58.     Do you know how your car's engine works?
59.     Have you ever interpolated?
60.     Have you ever extrapolated?
61.     Do you know the difference between interpolation and
        extrapolation?
62.     Have you ever integrated numerically?
63.             ...and known the result ahead of time?
64.             ...and complained about how slow the computer was?
65.     Have you ever seen or utilized the spherical harmonic functions?
66.             ...and found them aesthetically pleasing?
67.     Do you know most of the words to "The Lumberjack Song" by Monty
        Python?
68.     Do you own an encyclopedia?
69.     Have you ever read an encyclopedia entry that you weren't
        researching?
70.     Have you ever wanted to know something for no apparent reason?
71.     Have you ever been laughed at for wanting to know something?
72.     Can you program the time on a VCR?
73.     Has anyone ever asked you to program their VCR time for them?
74.     Have you ever used the word "asymptotic"?
75.     Have you ever referred to something as an L.E.D.?
76.     Have you ever referred to a ruler as a "straight-edge"?
77.     Have you ever said "quartz crystal"?
78.     Have you ever called something a "print out" or "hard copy"?
79.     Have you ever referred to a curve/object as hyperbolic,
        parabolic, etc.?
80.     Do you feel your vocabulary is larger than most people's?
81.     Is your IQ greater than your weight?

Answer YES if you know what the following acronyms stand for.
Note: it may be useful to actually state out loud what you think the
acronym stands for as your interpretation may be wrong or not the nerdy
one being sought after. 

82.     ...RADAR?
83.     ...MODEM?
84.     ...RAM?
85.     ...DNA?
86.     ...ATP?
87.     ...NADP?
88.     ...CRT?
89.     ...CRC?
90.     ...STP?
91.     ...NORAD?
92.     ...NASA?
93.     ...MUD?
94.     ...LED?
95.     ...AI?
96.     ...LASER?
97.     ...RPG?
98.     ...TLA?
99.     ...SCUBA?
100.    ...WYSIWYG?
101.    ...DAT?
102.    ...PINE?
103.    ...JOVE?

104.    Did you not know one of the above, but took a wild guess at it
        anyway?
105.    Have you ever created an acronym in order to simplify your
        writing?

The next few questions deal with physical constants.  Mark yes for any
that you can give the value (2 or more significant digits) for.
Knowledge of the units attached is NOT necessary, just the numeric
portion.

106.    gravitational constant? (G)
107.    earth's gravity near the surface?  (g)
108.    mass of an electron?
109.    charge of an electron?
110.    speed of light in vacuum?
111.    speed of sound at STP?
112.    Planck's constant?  (h or h-bar)
113.    permittivity of free space?  (epsilon naught)
114.    permeability of free space?  (mu naught)
115.    Avogadro's number?
116.    molar gas constant?
117.    pi?  (exception: must know more than 3 digits)
118.    Mark this true if you are presently the person knowing the most
        digits of pi in the room.
119.    e?   (exception: must know more than 3 digits)

Can you give the conversion factor between...  (2 or more sig. digits)

120.    ...centimeters and inches?
121.    ...kilometers and miles?
122.    ...joules and electron-volts?
123.    ...atomic mass units and kilograms?
124.    ...Celsius and Kelvin?
125.    ...Celsius and Fahrenheit?
126.    ...meters and Astronomical Units (AU)?
127.    ...AU and light years?
128.    ...light years and parsecs?

129.    If, while answering any question in this section, you said
        someone else's answer was wrong and were right, mark this
        question true.
        (e.g. "you nob! Pi isn't 3.1425.  It's 3.1415!")
130.    If while answering any question in this section, you checked a
        reference book to find out the correct answer, mark this 
        question true.
        (e.g. "AARRGGH!  What's that last R in radar stand for?")

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SECTION 3: Computers

131.    Have you ever used a computer?
132.            ...for more than 4 hours continuously?
133.            ...for more than 8 hours continuously?
134.            ...past 4 a.m.?
135.            ...as a source of income?
136.            ...on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the same weekend?
137.            ...with someone you were physically attracted toward?
138.                    ...for money?
139.            ...in the last 24 hours?
140.            ...in the last half hour?
141.            ...as a source of entertainment?  (computer game)
142.                    ...in the last three months?
143.                    ...in the last three weeks?
144.    Have you ever programmed a computer?
145.            ...to write a computer game?
146.            ...to write a computer virus?
147.            ...to write a shell script?
148.    Do you still own any computer with less than 512k of RAM?
        (e.g. Commodore 64, Apple II +/e/c, TRS 80, ad infinitum)
149.            ...that is still in working condition?
150.            ...and still buy software for it?
151.    Do you own more than one computer with at least a megabyte of
        RAM?
152.    Do you own any computer which would be classified as a work
        station?
153.    Have you ever taken your computer on vacation with you?
154.    Have you ever lost sleep over a computer game?

Have you ever used a ...

155.    mouse?
156.    hard disk drive?
157.    light-pen?
158.    computer with a touch sensitive monitor?
159.    track-ball?
160.            ...for something other than a video game?
161.    Devorak keyboard?  (as opposed to QWERTY)
162.    modem?

163.    Have you ever seen a magnetic tape reel?
164.    Have you ever mounted a magnetic tape reel?
165.    Have you ever seen a computer punch card?
166.    Have you ever programmed using punch cards?
167.    Are you still capable of programming with punch cards?
168.    Do you have any "pirated" software? (i.e. second-hand 
        copywritten)
169.    Do you have any "public-domain" software?
170.    Do you have any "shareware"? (i.e. software author requests a
        fee be sent to them for its use)
171.    Do you currently own a modem capable of 14.4kbs or faster?
172.    Do you still own any modem whose top speed is 300 baud or less?
173.    Have you ever telnet'ed from one computer system to another?
174.            ...to gain access to a system you had no authorization
                on?
175.            ...to call a government computer?  (NASA, FBI, NORAD,
                etc.)
176.            ...to call a research institution?  (CERN, JPL, etc.)
177.            ...where the other machine was outside of your native
                country?
178.    Do you have an electronic mail address?
179.            ...more than one e-mail address?
180.    Have you ever sent e-mail?
181.            ...to yourself?
182.            ...to someone who was in the same room as you at the
                time?
183.            ...with a .sig file appended to the end of it?
184.            ...in the last week?
185.    Have you ever set up and run a mailing list for e-mail?
186.    Do you receive more e-mail than you send?
187.    Have you ever FTP'd?
188.            ...anonymously?
189.    Have you ever uploaded?
190.    Have you ever downloaded?
191.    Have you ever multi-tasked? (ran 2+ applications concurrently)
192.    Have you ever set up a kill file?
193.            ...that does more than simply 'kill'?
194.    Do you have a .plan, .userinfo or similar file for when people 
        finger you?
195.    Have you set up a login.com or similar file for auto-execution
        on logging onto a computer system?  (autoexec.bat, login.com...)
196.    Do you use alias/batch commands to standardize your OS?
                (e.g.  alias dir ls)
197.    Have you ever read the postings on USENET?
198.            ...in the last week?
199.    Have you posted to USENET?
200.            ...and gotten a response?
201.                    ...from someone you knew outside of the net?
202.            ...and gotten a "flame"?

Have you ever posted to...

203.    ...a science fiction news group?  (rec.arts.sf)
204.    ...a sex news group?  (alt.sex)
205.    ...talk.bizarre?
206.    ...rec.humor?
207.    ...a sci. or science-related news group?

208.    Have you ever written a FAQ for a USENET news group?
209.    Have you ever run a vote for a USENET news group?
210.    Have you ever moderated a USENET news group?
211.    Have you played any MUD's, MUSH's or other multi-user games?
212.            ...in the last week?
213.            ...today?
214.    Do you consistently play more than one MUD, MUSH, etc.?
215.    Are you a "wizard/implementor/immortal" on any MUD's, MUSH's,
        etc.?
216.    Do you have GIF files as wallpaper?
217.    Is part of your desk space devoted to your computer?
218.    Have you ever built a computer?
219.            ...from chips?
220.    Do you have a favorite computer language?
221.            ...that you've had to defend in verbal debate?

Which of the following computer languages do you know...

222.    ...BASIC?
223.    ...PASCAL?
224.    ...FORTRAN?
225.    ...assembly language?
226.    ...C?

227.    Have you ever forgotten a person's name but not their e-mail
        address?
228.    Do you know more computer addresses than street addresses?
229.    Do you tend to remember the IP numbers instead of the alpha
        address for computer sites?  (128.253.232.63 vs. 
        crux3.cit.cornell.edu)
230.    Do you find that you type more often than you write longhand?
231.    Have you ever forgotten how to write longhand?
232.    Have you ever used computer symbology elsewhere?  (goto, *,
        etc.)
233.    Have you ever spoken internet-ese?  (btw, imho, :), brb, afk)
234.    Have you ever blown off doing something you were supposed to do
        in order to work on the computer?
235.    Have you ever felt jealous of someone merely because they owned
        a better computer system than you?

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SECTION 4: Possessions

236.    Do you frequently find yourself with more plugs than outlets?
237.    Do you currently own a can of WD-40?
238.    Do you currently own a can of compressed air?
239.    Do you have a personal copy of any version of the nerdity test?
240.            ...in space allocated to you on a computer system?
241.    Have you ever owned a light saber (Star Wars)?
242.            ...that wasn't made of plastic?
243.    Do you own an 8-track tape player or any 8-track tapes?
244.    Do you own an almanac?  (World, Farmer's)
245.    Do you own an atlas?
246.    Do you own a globe?
247.            ...and have it on display?  (on a desk, bookshelf...)
248.            ...that has bumps corresponding to mountain ranges?
249.            ...that lights up?
250.    Do you own any "maps of the ancient world"?
251.            ...and have them on display?
252.    Do you have any "mathematical" artwork?   (Escher, fractals)
253.    Have you ever faxed something?
254.    Have you ever received a fax?
255.    Do you own a cellular phone?  (car phone)
256.    Do you own a non-standard calculator?  (scientific, 
        programmable)
257.    Do you own a "reverse polish notation" calculator?
258.    Do you own a slide rule?
259.            ...and know how to use it?
260.    Other than a thermometer, do you own any meteorological
        equipment?
261.    Do you own any orienteering equipment?  (compass, sextant, etc.)
262.    Do you own a pencil case?
263.    Do you own any mechanical pencil?
264.            ...and have refills for it?
265.    Do you own an electric pencil sharpener?
266.    Do you own a laboratory notebook?
267.    Do you own any graph paper?  (quad-ruled)
268.    Do you own any log or semi-log paper?
269.    Do you own a table of integrals?
270.    Have you ever stolen scientific (radiation, biohazard) warnings
        for personal use?

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SECTION 5: Leisure Time

271.    Have you ever taken something apart?
272.            ...and put it back together correctly?
273.                    ...without worrying about voiding the warranty?
274.    Do friends and/or family ask you to fix things?
275.    Do friends and/or family ask to borrow your tools?
276.            ...because you are the only person they know who OWNS
        that tool?
277.    Have you ever put something together without reference to the
        assembly instructions?
278.    Have you ever bought something primarily for the pleasure of
        taking it apart to "see how it works"?
279.    Have you ever rewired something?
280.    Have you ever played a non-sexual role-playing game?  (D&D)
281.            ...since leaving high school?
282.    Have you ever been to a RPG convention?  (GenCON, etc.)
283.            ...in the last six months?
284.    Have you ever taken a "self help" test?
285.    Do you derive perverse pleasure from self-help tests?
286.    Do you ever lord your scores on such tests over people around
        you?
287.    Have you ever dissected something?
288.            ...while not involved in a biology class?
289.    Do you play chess?
290.    Were you ever on a chess team?
291.            ...on a math team?
292.            ...on a debate team?
293.            ...on a "trivia" team?   (college bowl, JEOPARDY)
294.            ...the captain for any of the teams listed above?
295.            ...the coach for any of the teams listed above?
296.    Did you ever join one of the above teams for the purpose of
        picking up members of the opposite sex?
297.    Were you ever in a science fair?
298.            ...that you placed in the top three?
299.    Are you a member of Mensa?
300.    Have you ever made a technical joke?
301.            ...in the last week?
302.            ...that no one around you understood?
303.                    ...and you found yourself trying to explain it?
304.            ...that everyone around you understood?
305.                    ...but their reason for laughing was not yours?

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SECTION 6: Leisure Time - Nerd Toys

306.    Have you ever bought something from Radio Shack/Tandy's?
307.    Do you know what an oscilloscope does?
308.    Have you ever used an oscilloscope?
309.    Do you own an oscilloscope?
310.    Have you ever used a microscope?
311.    Do you own a microscope?
312.    Have you ever used a telescope?
313.            ...not for peering through someone's bedroom window?
314.    Do you own a voltmeter?
315.    Do you own any remote controlled vehicles?
316.    Do you own a CB radio?
317.    Have you ever had an amateur radio license?
318.    Do you still have an amateur radio license?
319.    Have you ever had an extra-class amateur radio license?
320.    Have you ever used a chemistry set?
321.            ...since the age of 13?
322.    Have you ever used a rare earth element?
323.    Do you own a slinky?
324.    Does a slinky make you think about oscillations?
325.    Do you own a Rubik's cube?
326.    Are you able to solve Rubik's Cube?
327.            ...without using the book?
328.            ...in less than two minutes?
329.    Have you ever tried to calculate the number of possible
        permutations a Rubik's Cube can have?

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SECTION 7: Leisure Time - TV and Movies

330.    Do you watch more than 4 hours of TV on any given day of the
        week?
331.    Can you name more than 5 shows on PBS?  (inc.:A&E, Discovery
        Channel)
332.    Have you ever watched a PBS documentary?
333.            ...voluntarily?
334.            ...in the last three weeks?
335.    Have you ever watched C-Span for more than 5 minutes?

Have you ever watched a complete episode of...

336.    ...Dr. Who?
337.    ...Battlestar Galactica?
338.    ...Space: 1999?
339.    ...Starblazers?  (cartoon about the WWII carrier flying through
        space)

Can you whistle, hum, sing or snap the theme songs to...

340.    ...Gilligan's Island?
341.    ...Flintstones?
342.    ...The Brady Bunch?
343.    ...The Jetson's?
344.    ...The Addam's Family?
344.    ...Dobbie Gillis?
346.    ...I Dream of Genie?
347.    Have you ever seen any of the "Revenge of The Nerd" movies more
        than once?
348.    Have you seen all of the Star Wars movies?
349.            ...in one 24 hour period?
350.    Have you ever watched something and stated "that's physically
        impossible" (due to Newton's laws, etc.)?

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SECTION 8: Leisure Time - Books and Magazines

Have you ever read anything by...

351.    ...Douglas Adams?
352.    ...Isaac Asimov?
353.    ...Arthur C. Clarke?
354.    ...Robert H. Heinlein?
355.    ...Piers Anthony?
356.    ...J.R.R. Tolkein?
357.    ...TSR Hobbies?  (i.e. a novel published by the D&D people)
358.    ...Richard Feynman?  (e.g.  his lectures, etc.)
359.    ...Stephen Hawking      ?
360.    ...Carl Sagan?

361.    Have you ever read -Cultural-Literacy- or any other book on
        "what you, as an intelligent person, should know"?
362.    Have you ever read -Innumeracy- or any other book about
        mathematics made popular?
363.    Do you read books on a daily basis?
364.    Have you finished a book in the last week?
365.    Have you finished more than one book in the last week?
366.    Have you ever bought a book of crossword puzzles/logic problems?
367.    Do you read archaic computer manuals for pleasure?

Do you have magazine subscriptions to...

368.    ...Popular Mechanics?
369.    ...Popular Science?
370.    ...Omni?
371.    ...Scientific America?
372.    ...any computer oriented magazine? (MacWorld, PCWorld, etc.)
373.    ...Computer Gaming World or other "video game" magazine?
374.    ...Discover?
375.    ...any medical journals? (New England Journal of Medicine)
376.    ...any science periodicals?
377.    ...National Geographic?
378.    ...any comic book or "graphic novel"?  (X-Men, Superman, Heavy
Metal)

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SECTION 9: Star Trek

379.    Can you name or discuss the plots of more than 10 Star Trek
        episodes?
380.    Have you seen all of the Star Trek films?
381.            ...in one 48 hour period?
382.    Do you refer to the various "Treks" as "TOS" (The Original
        Series), "TNG" (The Next Generation) and "DS9" (Deep Space 9) or
        similar?
383.    Have you ever argued with someone over which "Trek" is better?
384.    Have you ever argued over who was a better commander of the
        Enterprise?
385.    Have you ever felt the urge to learn the Klingon language?
386.    Have you ever been to a trek convention?
387.            ...in the last six months?
388.    Have you ever owned a pair of Spock ears (Star Trek)?
389.            ...and worn them in public?

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SECTION 10: Clothing and Apparel

390.    Are your socks unmatched?
391.    Do you own a digital watch?
392.            ...that plays music?
393.            ...that's currently set to chime on the hour?
394.            ...that has a calculator built in?
395.    Do you own a pocket protector?
396.            ...and are you wearing it?
397.    Do you have acne?
398.    Do you have greasy hair?
399.            ...without realizing it?
400.    Do you own any clothing with scientific knowledge printed on it?
                (e.g. t-shirts with Maxwell's equations)
401.            ...which you still wear from time to time?
402.    Have you ever worn a radiation film badge?
403.            ...while not in the laboratory?
404.            ...and described what it was to someone, who then backed
                away in fear?
405.    Are your pants too short?
406.    Does your underwear have your name in it?
407.    Is your outfit uncoordinated?  (have someone else evaluate this)
408.    Have you ever worn a button-down shirt and left the tails
        hanging out?
409.    Have you ever bought similar looking shirts/pants in order to
        save time when dressing because "everything goes together"?
410.    Do you wear glasses?
411.            ...held together by adhesives? (tape, glue, boogers)
412.    Is your vision worse than 20/40?        (in either eye)
413.    Is your vision worse than 20/80?        (in either eye)
414.    Are you legally blind?                  (in either eye)
                (strange, I don't recall writing a braile edition...)

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SECTION 11: Personality and Lifestyle

415.    Have you ever slept an inverted day?  (sleep at dawn, wake at
        dusk)
416.            ...for more than one day in a row?
417.    Have you ever slept round the clock?  (24 continuous hours in
        bed)

Which of the following have you used to prevent sleep...

418.    ...Caffeine?
419.    ...exercise?
420.    ...Vivarin?
421.    ...NoDoz?
422.    ...something you made in chem. lab?
423.    ...something you found in chem. lab?

424.    Have you worked for an engineering or manufacturing firm?
425.            ...in the last 3 months?
426.            ...and gotten credit at a school for doing so?
427.    Have you worked in a research lab?
428.            ...and been more interested in the work than the pay?
429.    Have you ever visited a power plant? (Hoover Dam, nuclear plant,
        etc.)
430.            ...and not been bored?  
431.    Are you socially inept?
432.    Was the last naked person you saw a hi-res computer scan?
433.    Do you talk to yourself?
434.            ...when other people are around?
435.    Do you talk to imaginary people?
436.            ...do they talk back?
437.            ...do they seem to be more/less intelligent than you?
438.    Do you have a tough time remembering people's names?
439.            ...but no trouble with their numeric data? (phone#, SS#)
440.    Have you ever played mathematical games with other numbers you
        see to pass the time?  (square/cube root, prime factors of 
        phone#)
441.    Do you see everyday situations as representing mathematical
        concepts?
442.    Do you look at quantitative factors when participating in social
        events? (ex: choosing drinks by % alcohol rather than taste)
443.    Mark this true if you did NOT go to your senior prom.
444.    Did you go stag to your Senior Prom?
445.    Have you ever found a grammatical error in a published book?
446.    Have you ever quoted a piece of literature from memory?  (poem,
        quote)
447.    Have you ever eaten pizza cold?
448.            ...do you like it that way?
449.            ...because you're too lazy to reheat it?
450.    Have you ever gotten pizza delivered to the lab/office/science
        building?
451.    Is any leftover delivery food currently residing in your
        refrigerator?
452.            ...that's been there so long, you can't remember
        ordering it?
453.            ...that's been there so long, it's become
        mobile/sentient?
454.    Is any food in your refrigerator moldy?
455.    Have you ever commented on the lack of intellectual ability
        found in a "JEOPARDY" contestant?
456.    Have you ever contemplated the meaning of life/existence of God?
457.            ...while not drunk?
458.            ...while alone?
459.    Have you ever thought about extra dimensions/parallel universes?
460.            ...and discussed their possibilities with others?
461.    Have you come to any conclusions about UFO's/life on other
        planets?
462.            ...and used Time-Life's "Mysteries of the Unknown"
        series as a factual reference to support your claim?
463.    Have you ever commented: "If I drive fast enough at the red
        light, it'll appear green."
464.    Have you ever found yourself discussing one of the popular
        scientific theories of the day with someone you just met?  (cold
        fusion)
465.            ...did they bring it up because they thought you
        incapable of talking about non-technical topics?
466.    Have you ever taken part in an experiment to prove/disprove one
        of the popular scientific theories of the day? (cold fusion,
        big bang)
467.    Have you ever thought about reviving the dead? (Frankenstein)
468.            ...for sexual purposes?
469.            ...and had some degree of success?
470.            ...but been laughed at by a leading medical institution?
471.    Have you ever given an inanimate object a name?  (inc.: stuffed
        animal)
472.            Was the object something electronic or mechanical?
473.            Did the object also have a "personality"?
474.    Have you ever compared and contrasted two scientists?
                (Einstein vs. Newton, etc.)
475.    Have you ever argued with someone else over which of two
        scientists was better?
476.    Have you ever argued with someone over which of two computer
        types/OS's is better?  (Macintosh vs. IBM, UNIX vs. VMS)
477.    Have you ever laughed out loud at a joke written in a serious
        scientific paper?  (Feynman's lectures, textbook)
478.    Has anyone ever called you a geek/nerd?
479.            ...in the last two weeks?
480.            ...for doing/saying something you knew to be geeky?
481.    Have you ever intentionally done something that you consider
        geeky?
482.            ...in the last month?
483.            ...today?

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SECTION 12: The Nerd Test

484.    Are you taking this test alone?
485.    Are you currently reading this test on a computer screen?
486.    Are you planning to double-check your answers to this test?
487.    Do you feel the need (or are you currently using) a calculator
        to score the test?
488.    Are you computing your score in scientific notation?
489.    Have you contemplated writing a computer program that would ask
        and/or tabulate questions found on this test?
490.    Are you currently scoring this test in reverse?  (i.e.  Assuming
        100% nerd and deducting for each 'no'?)
491.    Have you come across copies of this test from two separate
        sources?
492.    If you are still reading this test, do you really need a test
        score to prove you are a nerd?
493.    Is your nerdity test score higher than your purity test score?
494.    Did you feel offended by any of the questions on this test?
495.    Did you resort to lying in order to raise your score?
496.    Did you resort to lying in order to lower your score?
497.    Are you currently competing with someone else for the highest
        score on this test (or were contemplating it)?
498.            ...did you come up second best and challenge them to a
                rematch?
499.    Have you asked for a technical clarification of anything on this
        test?
500.    Have you ever thought of a question that belongs on this test?
       
Please put your pencils down.  That's it, hope you enjoyed.

To analyze your Nerdity Quotient, divide your total number of "yes/true"
responses by 5 and compare to this list.

Ranking:

0 - 20          Nerd-wannabe
21 - 30         Nerd-in-Training
31 - 35         Closet nerd
36 - 40         You dress like people in Walmart ads
41 - 45         You refuse to live anywhere without pizza delivery
                service
46 - 50         Your social life needs some serious help
51 - 55         YOU need some serious help
56 - 60         You are on first name basis with Radio Shack employees
61 - 65         Your best friend is a microchip
66 - 70         Bill Gates and E. Gary Gygax are your heroes
71 - 75         You own more surge protectors than cooking utensils
76 - 80         "Revenge of the Nerds" poster-child
81 - 85         Hoping to invent Warp Field Theory or transporter
                technology
86 - 90         Desperately seeking cybernetic interface implanted in
                your brain
91 - 99         Move over, Einstein
100             Hail, O Nerd Master, virgin sliderulers I sacrifice unto
                thee


The highest reported score ever on this version is 83% and lowest is
15%.