Today's Meme: The GeekCore Quiz

[thatcrazycajun]

Nerdily nicked from lisbethk24   :
How nerdy are you? Put an X next to each item on the list that describes you and then tally them up. Got 15 or more X’s? Welcome to the Nerd Core.

Have you ever:
[ x ] Solved a Rubik's Cube?
[ x ] Coded HTML? Oh, yeah. Corrected the crud-encrusted HTML created by WYSIWYG webpage editors, too.
[ x ] Designed and maintained your own website from scratch?
[ x ] Been to a Renaissance Fair? Several, in GA, MD and PA.
[ ] Been to a ComicCon?
[ x ] Bought a comic book and charged it to your credit card?
[ x ] Used webspeak IRL (in real life?)
[ x ] Edited a Wikipedia?
[ x ] Participated in a role-playing game?
[ ] Tried to memorize Pi past 3.14 (three sig figs) in your free time?
[ x ] Used an ergonomic desk chair or keyboard?
[ x ] Quoted Monty Python back and forth with a friend?
[ ] Discussed Nintendo’s name change of the Revolution to the Wii?
[ x ] Participated in a trivia night or trivia contest?
[ x ] Won a debate tournament?
[ ] Played chess at lunch in school?
[ x ] Watched your friends play video games for more than an hour?
[ ] Been to a Harry Potter midnight party?
[ ] Recognized yourself in J.D. from the TV show Scrubs? Sorry, don't watch it.
[ ] Seen an episode of Beauty and the Geek and thought the guys were cute? Ditto, and anyhow I don't swing that way.
[ ] Programmed extras into your graphing calculator?
[ x ] Worn a pocket protector actually containing pens? Way back in grade school, but yeah.
[ ] Been to a MENSA meetup?
[ ] Done a happy dance after bowling a strike?
[ ] Referred to Lord of the Rings out loud as LotR?
[ x ] Developed a shelving system for your books?
[ ] Hated the people on principle who said high school was the best time of their life?

ADDENDUM, 4:49 PM: This would seem to contradict the results of this quiz below:

Comments

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Harrumph. 14. Most of the more extreme things I haven't done. And don't roleplay, and don't watch TV.

Ah, well. Geek, yes. Nerd, not so much.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

Nerds vs Geeks

[baggette.livejournal.com]

Well Matt,

I checked 16 of those. I guess I'm a nerd...
or am I a Geek?

What is the difference?
Is there a difference?
in a contest between Nerds and Geeks, who would win?

Re: Nerds vs Geeks

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

Good questions all; here (http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=9935030990046738815) is another quiz that may help answer some of them.