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27 March 2006

How Geeky Are You? -- take Newsweek's quiz.

post by: ericb at: 19:12 | 29 comments

I scored a 48. I disagree with some of their criteria, though, and suppose that the author of that quiz was not himself a geek.

posted by killdevil 27 March | 19:22

Geeky enough to have given up taking the quiz because it wasn't playing nice with Mozilla.

posted by porpoise 27 March | 19:34

38

The only linux option was "I built my own linux box" and it's a radio button?

posted by danostuporstar 27 March | 19:35

And why one question at a time?

posted by danostuporstar 27 March | 19:36

30. Silly quiz. Some of us are massive geeks with tastes that the quiz ignores.

posted by selfnoise 27 March | 19:36

56. But I don't have most of those gadgets and I've never played a MMORG in my life! KoL doesn't count, right?

But man, Y: The Last Man and 100 Bullets. Tough choice.

posted by bonehead 27 March | 19:40

posted by deborah 27 March | 19:42

24, stuck in the last century. Apparently because I don't have a cell phone. Also, I was under the impression that cell phones weren't geeky, they were obnoxious public nuisances that people use to broadcast to everyone around them exactly which landmarks they are near.

posted by interrobang 27 March | 19:43

36, but I think the quiz was poorly constructed in the first place, with some false dichotomies and incomplete choices given. See: the linux option which danostuporstar refers to.

And bonehead: I, too, dithered on that one.

posted by ooga_booga 27 March | 19:50

30, because I don't have a cell phone.

I need to play video games to be a geek? I'll have to let all my geek friends know, they've clearly missed that memo.

posted by heatherann 27 March | 19:56

Those questions suck so bad it's like a whole big universe of sucking.

Only 4 computers? Does my TRS-80 pocket computer count? What if I run Windows, Mac and linux? What if I'm so geeky I don't even own a TV?

posted by loquacious 27 March | 20:04

87. Owch. *goes back to game quiz for 102*

posted by loquacious 27 March | 20:08

I expect I could fix the home network (two homebuilts/XP pro, one homebuilt/Ubuntu, one 386/Slackware kernel version 1.0.13, and one Apple][+ displaying a $ prompt) but who's to say for sure? It hasn't ever broken. The last game I played was Reader Rabbit on the App][, with my daughter, when she was three. I have no TV. I would take books to a desert island. I don't ask for directions because I never need directions.

posted by jfuller 27 March | 20:15

27, phwew. If it was any higher, I would've have to beat myself up. That's how dedicated my hatred for geeks runs.

posted by Hellbient 27 March | 20:20

So geeky that I quit the quiz after question two, because the user interface was so abysmal and the content so lame.

posted by Miko 27 March | 20:41

*pre-emptively beats up hellbient*

Note: Not all nerds are scrawny, inactive sacks of pale, fleshy protoplasm.

posted by loquacious 27 March | 20:58

Kinda weak, 10 percent of questions on cell phone cameras?

And not only did they not list the greatest game ever they didn't list the game system needed to play it.

And why one question at a time?

Serves more ads.

posted by Mitheral 27 March | 20:59

That quiz is a non-starter. I think I'm a huge art, music, and film geek- this only covers consumer electronics, as far as I can see. (And I bailed out around the 2nd question about desert island movies, because my answer was "none of the above.")

Being a film geek predates the internet, so pah on all that.

posted by BoringPostcards 27 March | 21:30

Yeah, that was lame. Apparently I'm "stuck in the last century" because I don't own a cell phone, satellite radio, or an XBox 360. I didn't know having a steady income was a prerequisite for geekdom.

posted by muddgirl 27 March | 21:37

52. I would've broken through their arbitrary 60+ barrier if I gave a damn about videogames.

Yes, apparently the only things web geeks care about are computers, videogames and sci-fi. So glad Newsweek finally chose not to offer a charicature of our culture.

posted by me3dia 27 March | 21:58

I just retook the test with foreknowledge and a malicious knack for fibbing and scored 157 out of a possible 102 points.

Then this cool flash animation popped up featuring exploding kitten heads and a banner in Comic Sans which read "You are teh winnar at teh intarnets!! Click here! Free iPod!".

posted by loquacious 27 March | 22:57

There are different kinds of geeks (including people who stick needles through their forearms), this test aims at computer/techno geeks but doesn't aim very well and misses. I got a 47, by the way. Like others, apparently because I don't have a cell phone with a camera, I'm less geeky. Dude...Paris Hilton has a cell phone with a camera.

posted by kmellis 28 March | 00:12

51, without gaming or a cool phone.

When they asked about the desert island tv show none of them appealed to me and I thought "What the hell? Where's Lost!?"

Upon further reflection, watching it would probably piss me off because my island would be way less cool. Plus I doubt I'd be stranded with any hunters, doctors, or hot babes.

posted by kyleg 28 March | 01:18

Geeky enough to have a browser that won't show the quiz.

posted by seanyboy 28 March | 01:59

I got a 12. Twelve!

I guess I'm stuck in the last century, watching Star Trek and reading X-men comics on a desert island.

posted by Fuzzy Monster 28 March | 02:33

aha - 66.

posted by seanyboy 28 March | 05:09

The desert island questions are terrible.

48.

posted by I Love Tacos 28 March | 05:22

29. text messaging geeky? wa?

posted by flopsy 28 March | 06:49

Note: Not all nerds are scrawny, inactive sacks of pale, fleshy protoplasm.

Note: not all of my comments should be taken 100% seriously, especially those that deal with the absurd and unlikely notion of me kicking anyone's ass.

posted by Hellbient 04 April | 11:07

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