The real Geek test.

[slackthumbz]

Infoworlds travesty of a geek test is only 20 questions that seem to assume we're all low level microsoft-centric amateur network engineers that watch ally mcbeal.

This is a total fail and IMO an affront to geekdom.

For a real geek test try the original and best one at innergeek.us http://innergeek.us/geek-test.html

Post results and discuss :)

I got ~44% Major Geek

[Oxwivi]

9.0459% - Geekish Tendencies :(

[Megaptera]

8.3% = Poser, well that's charming!!!

[Cuddles McKitten]

29%. I got annoyed that they ask if you understand Latin but not classical Greek. That's just silly.

[slackthumbz]

29%. I got annoyed that they ask if you understand Latin but not classical Greek. That's just silly.

Send Yvette an email requesting Classical Greek be given consideration. She might add it in :)

[3Miro]

39.11% - Major.

I grew up in another country and many things like Renaissance fair and Star Trek were not available to me until I came here. I should get bonus points for watching the entire Next Generation fifteen years after it first came out and having never seen anything, but the first season before.

[Merk42]

I thought one of the definitions of a geek was someone who focuses on ONE thing "too much". For example computer geek, star trek geek, etc.
As such it would make sense for a "real geek" to score poorly since the test covers a wide variety of topics.

[gibbylinks]

17.89% - Geek !!

(Although when they asked about Python I got confused with the "Holy Grail" & "Life Of Brian" to be further confused when quizzed about "Air speed of Swallows") :D

[llawwehttam]

43.17343% - Major Geek

Not supprised really.

[slackthumbz]

I thought one of the definitions of a geek was someone who focuses on ONE thing "too much". For example computer geek, star trek geek, etc.
As such it would make sense for a "real geek" to score poorly since the test covers a wide variety of topics.

Which is why you still get a rating of Major Geek for scoring under 50%

[Spice Weasel]

21.55972% - Geek

[samalex]

Wow, I can't believe I actually went through that whole thing:
57.01107% Extreme Geek

And I was as honest as possible ...

[NertSkull]

31.6% - total geek

its the lack of gaming/comics that keeps me from diving in more fully i think

[NCLI]

47.23247% - Super Geek

If it had been more manga/anime-centric instead of being focused on American comic books and TV series, I would have scored higher.

[RiceMonster]

10.1476% - Geekish tendencies.

[Phrea]

25.64576% - Total Geek

[koenn]

Infoworlds travesty of a geek test is only 20 questions that seem to assume we're all low level microsoft-centric amateur network engineers that watch ally mcbeal.

seriously.

[koenn]

22.5...% - Geek

It's getting worse,
I remember scoring "Geekish tendencies" on that test in the past

[earthpigg]

in the 40s last time i took it

[MasterNetra]

21.03321% - Geek

[Frogs Hair]

18.4501% I was hoping it wasn't true.](*,)

[Bölvaður]

15.31365% - Geek

I have nothing to say about this quiz, it just... is... I better just keep my mouth shut, saying anything bad about star treck might cause a flame war... *runs away*

[Nightstrike2009]

20.1107% - Geek

Wow I did't though I'd score that high, I'm impressed :-)

Should have been more Matrix questions though (I'm off before that starts a seperate discussion LOL)

[Zzl1xndd]

55.35055% Extreme Geek :D, pretty happy with that.

[Barrucadu]

28.78229% - Total Geek

[weasel fierce]

26%. A lot of RPG questions that probably raised my score

[cprofitt]

55.166605% -- Extreme Geek

[tgm4883]

Infoworlds travesty of a geek test is only 20 questions that seem to assume we're all low level microsoft-centric amateur network engineers that watch ally mcbeal.

This is a total fail and IMO an affront to geekdom.

For a real geek test try the original and best one at innergeek.us http://innergeek.us/geek-test.html

Post results and discuss :)

I got ~44% Major Geek

While I agree that 20 questions is a total fail, I fail to see how being a girl automatically makes you more of a geek.

[3Miro]

While I agree that 20 questions is a total fail, I fail to see how being a girl automatically makes you more of a geek.

I only know a few geek girls, but they are all beyond geeky, they just take it to the extreme.

[tgm4883]

While I agree that 20 questions is a total fail, I fail to see how being a girl automatically makes you more of a geek.

Heh, I clicked back over to the site on the other chromium tab and was greeted with this (screenshot below). I hadn't moused over it before so it was pretty funny that happened right after I posted the above comment.

Regarding that, while the ratio of male:female geeks may be 10:1, that doesn't make a female any more geeky than a male, just more unlikely to be one. Take a male and female from birth to age 20, if both of them do exactly the same things at exactly the same times why would the female be any more geeky than the male? In that regard, would a male who gets a sex change to become a female get extra points? Would a female getting a sex change to become a male lose points?

[Random_Dude]

11.99262% - Geekish Tendencies

Well it wasn't too bad, I was afraid I would get higher. :lolflag:

[Dustin2128]

75.46125% - Dysfunctional Geek
I scored above geek god. I actually do have spock ears, and regularly roleplay more than 12 hours at a time.

[Dustin2128]

Infoworlds travesty of a geek test is only 20 questions that seem to assume we're all low level microsoft-centric amateur network engineers that watch ally mcbeal.

This is a total fail and IMO an affront to geekdom.

I agree completely, I scored something like a 7. In this test, I am above a geek god.

[thomas144]

I only got 11.07011% Waaaaaaaaah!
I'm more than 11% geek, aren't I?
The issue is that it mostly was about geekiness in comic books, etc. If it were about Linux, my guess would be 80%
[Yes] Have you ever used "XD" in writing?
[Yes] Do you think Linux is the only half-decent platform?
^^^^^^^^^ I just typed the better part of that line while staring at the television. I AM a geek!

[Rasa1111]

31.6% - total geek

its the lack of gaming/comics that keeps me from diving in more fully i think

lol me to.

I dont 'dabble' in games or comics at all.
my geek score is 30.7~ total geek. ~ lol. \o/

[alexfish]

5.5% (poser)

Devastated

most points came from

I BELIEVE...

in the Force
in unicorns and/or dragons
in fairies, trolls or leprechauns
in aliens
in vampires
that anything can be fixed
Linux is the only worthwhile OS
that all this has happened before and all this will happen again


What a laugh reading through the questions

Would have loved to make some comments to some ( maybe would have got some Bonus Points):D

[slackthumbz]

Bumping for good measure.

[paydaydaddy]

14.9% geek tendencies.

[Thelinuxgeek]

25%. wow I'm a nerd...

[Alpha101]

34.68%
Total Geek.
Ehhh
Wish I had done better, I need to learn code...and HTML....and...more stuff

[Simian Man]

Anyone who even answers all of those questions is a geek in my book.

[RiceMonster]

Anyone who even answers all of those questions is a geek in my book.

Good point.


If you're interested in how much of a geek you are, you probably are a geek.

[Lancro]

I wont read such a long test :lolflag:, is too long for me...

[tolf242]

28.9% Total Geek - Totally embarrassed more like. :o

[3Miro]

I wont read such a long test :lolflag:, is too long for me...

That is part of the test. You are not a geek.:smile:

[koenn]

Anyone who even answers all of those questions is a geek in my book.

yeah. willingness to take the test is part of the test.

[koenn]

28.9% Total Geek - Totally embarrassed more like. :o

don't feel to bad about it
the geek will inherit the earth.

[Red_Steve]

~38% Major Geek, Ladies and Gentlemen!

[cammin]

Regarding that, while the ratio of male:female geeks may be 10:1, that doesn't make a female any more geeky than a male, just more unlikely to be one. Take a male and female from birth to age 20, if both of them do exactly the same things at exactly the same times why would the female be any more geeky than the male?

Character stat bonus.



In that regard, would a male who gets a sex change to become a female get extra points? Would a female getting a sex change to become a male lose points?
If they got the surgery because they are gender A trapped in gender B's body, then they get the points for their post-op gender.

If they did it to be more like their favorite sci-fi character, I'd imagine bonus points are in order.

[Hman242]

8.67159 - Poser

[zer010]

23.06273%--Geek :)

[Windows Nerd]

30% - Total Geek

[Lucradia]

I got 0% - TL;DR

;)

[Doctor Mike]

I got 33.02583% total geek without trying, or admitting to much game play.

[nerdy_kid]

%18.4blahblah -- Geek :D I don't play any video games (except Nexuiz and supertux lol) which could be why I scored so low :(