Nerd Test 

 It's finally here!  

 Announcing the new, updated Nerd Test (v. 2.0)!

 This is a comprehensive set of questions designed to evaluate your true
 Nerdidity.  Scoring is simple: give yourself a point for each Yes answer.
 Divide your final score by two, round UP, and this is your percentage
 nerdiness. Thanks to all who helped pull this thing together, including the
 unknown people who wrote the first version. Enjoy! George Gabor (7/3/90) 

  1) Have you ever used a computer? 

  2) Have you ever programmed a computer? (#2) 

  3) Have you ever built a computer? 

  4) Done #2 continuously for more than four hours?

  5) Done #2 continuously for more than eight hours?

  6) Did you major in electrical engineering or computer science?

  7) Do you wear glasses or contacts?

  8) Are your glasses broken (and taped together)?

  9) Is your vision worse than 20/40?

 10) Worse than 20/80? 

 11) Are you legally blind? 

 12) Have you ever asked a question in lecture? 

 13) Have you ever answered a question in lecture? 

 14) Have you ever corrected a professor? 

 15) Have you ever answered a rhetorical question? 

 16) Do you sit in the front row? 

 17) Have you never skipped a class?

 18) Do you take notes in more than one color? 

 19) Is your college cumulative GPA greater than 3.85? 

 20) Have you ever worn a calculator? 

 21) Have you ever worn a pocket protector? 

 22) Do you read science fiction? 

 23) Have you ever written a science fiction novel or short story? 

 24) Have you ever dreamed you were a character in a science fiction story? 

 25) Did you hate to wake up? 

 26) Do you read Scientific American? 

 27) Have you ever read Boys Life? 

 28) Do you keep a Far Side calendar on your desk? 

 29) Do you keep a Murphy's Law calendar on you desk? 

 30) Do you have a picture/poster of a scientist on your wall? 

 31) Did/Do you carry your college backpack (i.e. book bag) on both shoulders?

 32) Have you ever used a microscope? 

 33) Have you ever used a telescope? 

 34) Have you ever used an oscilloscope? 

 35) Have you ever used a soldering iron?

 36) Is your weight less than your IQ? 

 37) Have you ever done #2 on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of the same weekend?

 38) Have you ever done #2 past 4 a.m.? 

 39) Have you ever done #2 with someone of the opposite sex?

 40) Have you ever done #2 for money? 

 41) Have you ever worked for IBM, DEC, or HP? 

 42) Have you ever worked at Radio Shack? 

 43) Have you ever bought anything from Radio Shack? 

 44) From Heathkit? 

 45) Have you ever forgotten to remove your employment badge before going out

     in public? 

 46) Have you ever forgotten to remove a name tag (eg. from a conference)

     before going out in public? 

 47) Does a typical dinner consist of Ramen noodles? 

 48) Macaroni and cheese? 

 49) Do you have a Rubik's cube? 

 50) Can you solve it? 

 51) Without the book? 

 52) Without looking? 

 53) Do you have acne? 

 54) Do you not care? 

 55) Do you have greasy hair? 

 56) Are you unaware of it? 

 57) Do you know trigonometry?

 58) Do you know calculus? 

 59) Do you know Maxwell's Equations? 

 60) Do you have them on a T-shirt? 

 61) Do you wear a bow tie? 

 62) Have you ever dissected anything? 

 63) Do you know e past five decimal places? 

 64) Do you know pi past five decimal places? 

 65) Have you ever memorized more than 15 digits of pi? 

 66) Do you own more than $500 in electronics (excluding stereo)? 

 67) More than $1000? 

 68) More than $2500? 

 69) Have you ever built more than $2500 worth of electronics? 

 70) Does your stereo deliver less than 10 Watts of power per channel ?

    (If you are not sure, give yourself a point) 

 71) Do you obey speed limits to within 5 MPH? 

 72) Do you have a personalized license plate with a technical message? 

 73) Does your car radio only get AM? 

 74) Have you ever watched Dr. Who? 

 75) More than three times in the same night? 

 76) Do you watch Nickelodeon? 

 77) Have you ever seen "Donald Duck in Mathemagic Land?" 

 78) Have you seen "Tron" more than once? 

 79) Have you seen "War Games" more than twice?

 80) Have you seen "Star Wars" more than three times? 

 81) Have you seen "Hardware Wars" more than four times? 

 82) Backwards? 

 83) Have you ever read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? 

 84) Was your SAT math score more than 300 points higher than your verbal? 

 85) Have you ever used a computer dating service? 

 86) Did you and your date "click?" 

 87) Have you ever done homework on a Friday night? 

 88) Have you ever pulled an all-nighter? 

 89) Twice in a row?

 90) Have you ever woken up early on a weekend simply to study? 

 91) Do you drink pop before 9am? 

 92) Do you eat Doritos before 9am? 

 93) Do you call it breakfast? 

 94) Have you ever used PhoneNet or any other real-time computer discussion

    network? 

 95) On a Friday or Saturday night? 

 96) Do you know how many days old you are? 

 97) Have you ever worn the same clothes two days in a row (this does not

    include while camping)? 

 98) Do you use the word "snarf" in everyday conversation? 

 99) "Bletch?" 

 100) Have you ever redesigned a major household appliance? 

 101) Have you ever voided the warranty on a stereo component? 

 102) Have you ever had a reptile or an insect as a pet? 

 103) Was it also your best friend? 

 104) Are you shy? 

 105) Have you ever played a computer game? 

 106) Done #105 in the last three months? 

 107) Done #105 in the last three weeks? 

 108) Have you ever spent over $5 at one time playing arcade games? 

 109) Have you ever played an arcade game for over 30 minutes on one quarter? 

 110) Have you ever written a computer game? 

 111) Have you ever shot flies with a rubber band? 

 112) Have you ever brought your girlfriend/boyfriend to your workplace for the

     express reason of showing him/her your computer? 

 113) Have you never had a girlfriend/boyfriend? 

 114) Are your pants too short? 

 115) Are your socks mismatched? 

 116) Do you wear socks that match your shirt? 

 117) Do your wear argyle socks that match your argyle sweater? 

 118) Have you used a chemistry set? 

 119) After the age of 13? 

 120) Have you ever played D&D (or any other role-playing game)? 

 121) Since high school? 

 122) Have you ever collected stamps? 

 123) Have you ever collected comic books? 

 124) Have you ever collected baseball cards? 

 125) Did you memorize any of the stats? 

 126) Do you not wear shoes at work? 

 127) Have you ever entered a science fair? 

 128) Did you win?

 129) Do you never exercise? 

 130) Have you ever been the last one to be picked for a softball team,

	volleyball team, basketball team, etc.?

 131) Have you ever belonged to a fan club? 

 132) Are you overweight or underweight? 

 133) Do you own a digital watch? 

 134) Does it play music? 

 135) Does it have a calculator? 

 136) Have you ever used a rare earth element? 

 137) Do you own a CRC? 

 138) Do you own a CRT? 

 139) Do you know RPN? 

 140) Do you own a laser (over 1 mW)? 

 141) Do you play chess? 

 142) Can you play with your eyes closed? 

 143) Were you ever on a chess team? 

 144) A debate team? 

 145) Do you know more than 3 programming languages? 

 146) More than 8? 

 147) Do you carry more than 3 pens/pencils with you at all times? 

 148) Do you habitually clip coupons? 

 149) Do you not use most of them? 

 150) Have you ever made a technical joke? 

 151) Did no one get it? 

 152) Did no one laugh? 

 153) Have you ever removed a floppy diskette from its sleeve? 

 154) Do you own an Opus doll? 

 155) Do you own a Bill-the-Cat doll? 

 156) Do you wear Keds tennis shoes? 

 157) Are you socially inept? 

 158) Do you own a pencil case? 

 159) Do you wear it? 

 160) Do you talk to yourself? 

 161) Do you listen? 

 162) Are you wearing mis-matched socks right now?

 163) Did you have to check? 

 164) Do you get out of bed in the morning without hitting the snooze button

	at least once?

 165) Have you never been to a dance?

 166) Have you never been to a concert? 

 167) Have you never been on a date? 

 168) Do you know Schrodinger's Equation? 

 169) Have you ever solved it? 

 170) Have you ever fallen asleep at your desk or while studying? 

 171) Can you count in binary? 

 172) Do you count from 0? 

 173) Have you ever broken into a computer system? 

 174) A government system? 

 175) Have you ever changed your bank account?

 176) Changed someone else's? 

 177) Done #175 for money? 

 178) Have you ever inhaled helium? 

 179) Did you pass out? 

 180) Do you know the Latin name for the fruit fly? 

 181) Do you wear colored socks with shorts? 

 182) Have you ever made notes for yourself or for someone else on a napkin?

 183) While not in a restaurant? 

 184) Do you own anything that is radio controlled? 

 185) Do you not drink? 

 186) Have you ever used the word "asymptotic" (while not in a math class)? 

 187) Have you ever used a modem? 

 188) Do you watch Gilligan's Island?

 189) Do you know every time at which and channel on which Star Trek is aired in

     your town? 

 190) Do you watch every showing? 

 191) Can you name more than 10 Star Trek episodes? 

 192) Can you recite more than 15 minutes worth of Star Trek monologues or

     dialog? 

 193) Have you seen all of the Star Trek episodes at least once (including

     the movies)? 

 194) Have you ever attended a Star Trek convention? 

 195) Have you ever taken the Purity Test? 

 196) Did you score higher than 95? 

 197) Have you ever deliberately tried to lower your score on the Nerd Test?

 198) Have you ever deliberately tried to raise your score on the Nerd Test? 

 199) Have you ever thought about whether or not you are a nerd? 

 200) Have you ever worried about whether or not you are a nerd?