SECTION 1: Education and Schooling
1.Have you ever majored in one the "hard sciences"?   (Engineering,
Computer Science,Physics, Chemistry, etc.) 1pt
2.Have you ever asked a question in lecture? 1pt
3.Have you ever answered a question asked in lecture? 1pt 
4.Have you ever corrected a professor in lecture? 5pts 
5.Have you ever answered a rhetorical question? 5pts 
6.Do you sit in the front row more than 20% of the time? 1pt 
7.Do you take notes in more than one color? 1pt 
8.Do you use other props when taking notes? (ruler, compass, 
protractor)1pt
9.Have you ever tutored someone else? 1pt 
10.Have you ever done homework on a Friday night? 1pt 
11.Have you ever known more about the subject material than the 
lecturer? 1pt
12. ...and had the lecturer admit this fact to you? 1pt
13. Have you ever had an argument with a professor? 1pt
14. Did you win? 5pts

SECTION 2: Knowledge
1.Can you count in binary? (up to decimal 10) 1pt
2.Can you count in hexadecimal? (up to decimal 20) 1pt
3.Do you know Maxwell's equations? (integral or differential form) 1pt
4.Do you know Schrdinger's Equation? 1pt
5.Have you ever solved Schrdinger's Equation? 1pt
6....for fun? 5pts
7.Do you know the difference between a scalar and a vector? 1pt
8.Do you know the difference between a vector and a tensor? 1pt
9.Can you understand the owner's manual for electronic equipment? 1pt
10.Can you understand the electronic schematic for electronic 
equipment? 1pt
11.Do you know what a "reverse Polish notation" calculator is? 1pt
12.Do you know how your car's engine works? 1pt
13.Have you ever interpolated? 1pt
14.Have you ever extrapolated? 1pt
15.Have you ever integrated numerically? 1pt
16....and known the result ahead of time? 5pts
17....and complained about how slow the computer was? 5pts
18.Have you ever referred to a ruler as a "straight-edge"? 1pt

SECTION 3: Computers
1.Have you ever used a computer...
2...for more than 4 hours continuously? 1pt
3...for more than 8 hours continuously? 1pt
4...past 4 a.m.? 1pt
5...as a source of income? 1pt
6...on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the same weekend? 1pt
7...with someone you were physically attracted to? 1pt
8...for money? 1pt
9...in the last 24 hours? 1pt
10...in the last half hour? 1pt
11...as a source of entertainment? (computer game)1pt
12.Have you ever programmed a computer? 1pt
13...to write a computer game? 1pt
14..to write a computer virus? 1pt
15...to write a shell script? 1pt
16.Do you still own any computer with less than 512k of RAM? (e.g.
Commodore 64, Apple II +/e/c, TRS 80, ad infinitum) 1pt
17..that is still in working condition? 1pt
18..and still buy software for it? 1pts
19..Have you ever taken your computer on vacation with you? 1pt
20..Have you ever lost sleep over a computer game? 5pts

21.Have you ever seen a computer punch card? Credits 1pt
22.Have you ever programmed using punch cards? Credits 1pt
23.Are you still capable of programming with punch cards? 5pts
24.Have you ever set up a kill file? 1pt
25...that does more than simply 'kill'? 1pt
26.Do you have a .plan or similar file for when people finger you? 1pt
27.Have you set up a login.com or similar file for auto-execution on
logging unto a computer system?
(autoexec.bat, login.com...) 1pt
28.Do you use alias/batch commands to standardize your OS? (e.g. alias
dirls) 1pt
29.Have you ever read the postings on USENET? 1pt
30.Have you posted to USENET? 5pts
31...and gotten a response? 5pts
32...from someone you knew outside of the net? 5pts
33...and gotten a "flame"? 5pts

Have you ever posted to...
34...a science fiction news group? (rec.arts.sf) 5pts
35...a sex news group? (alt.sex) 5pts
36...talk.bizarre? 5pts
37...rec.humor? 5pts
38...a sci. or science-related news group? 5pts
39.Have you ever moderated a USENET news group? 5pts
40.Have you played any MUD's, MUSH's or other multi-user games? 1pt
41....in the last week? 1pt
42...today? 5pts
43.Are you a "wizard/implementor/immortal" on any MUD's, MUSH's, etc.?
5pts
44.Have you ever built a computer? 1pt
45...from chips?1pt
46.Do you have a favorite computer language? 1pt
47...that you've had to defend in verbal debate? 5pts

Which of the following computer languages do you know...
1..BASIC? 1pt
2...PASCAL? 1pt
3...FORTRAN? 1pt
4...assembly language? 1pt
5...C? 1pt
6.Have you ever forgotten a person's name but not their E-mail
address?
1pt
7.Have you ever used computer symbology elsewhere? (goto, *, etc.) 1pt
8.Have you ever spoken Internet-ese? (btw, imho, :), brb, afk) 1pt
9.Have you ever blown off doing something you were supposed to do in
order to work on the computer? 1pt
10.Have you ever felt jealous of someone merely because they owned a
better computer system than you?1pt

SECTION 4: Possessions
1.Do you frequently find yourself with more plugs than outlets? 1pt
2.Do you currently own a can of WD-40? 1pt
3.Do you currently own a can of compressed air? 1pt
4.Have you ever owned a light saber (Star Wars)? 1pt
5. ...that wasn't made of plastic?1pt
6.Do you own an atlas? 1pt
7.Do you own a globe? 1pt
8.and have it on display? (on a desk, bookshelf...)1pt
9.that has bumps corresponding to mountain ranges?1pt
that lights up?5pts
10.Do you have any "mathematical" artwork? (Escher, fractals)1pt
11.Do you own a pencil case? 1pt
12.Do you own any mechanical pencil? 1pt
13...and have refills for it?1pt
14. Do you own an electric pencil sharpener? 1pt
15.Do you own a laboratory notebook? 1pt
16.Do you own any graph paper? (quad-ruled) 1pt
17.Do you own a table of integrals? 1pt
18.Have you ever stolen scientific (radiation, biohazard) warnings for
personal use? 1pt

SECTION 5: Leisure Time
1.Have you ever taken something apart? 1pt
2...and put it back together correctly?1pt
3...without worrying about voiding the warranty?1pt
4.Have you ever rewired something? 1pt
5.Do friends and/or family ask you to fix things? 5pts
6.Have you ever played a non-sexual role-playing game? (D&D) 1pt
7...since leaving high school?1pt
8.Do you play chess? 1pt
9.Were you ever on a chess team? 1pt
10...on a math team?1pt
11...on a debate team?1pt
12...on a "trivia" team? (college bowl, JEOPARDY)1pt
13...the captain for any of the teams listed above?5pts
14...the coach for any of the teams listed above?5pts
15.Did you ever join one of the above teams for the purpose of picking
up
members of the opposite sex? 5pts
16.Are you a member of MENSA? 5pts
17.Have you ever made a technical joke?1pt
18...in the last week?1pt
19...that no one around you understood?1pt
20...and you found yourself trying to explain it? 5pts
21...that everyone around you understood?1pt
22...but their reason for laughing was not yours?1pt

SECTION 6: Leisure Time - Nerd Toys
1.Have you ever bought something from Radio Shack? 1pt
2.Do you own an oscilloscope?1pt
3.Do you own a voltmeter? 1pt
4.Have you ever had an amateur radio license? 1pts
5.Do you still have an amateur radio license? 1pt
6.Have you ever had an extra-class amateur radio license?5pts
7.Do you own a slinky? 1pt
8.Does a slinky make you think about oscillations?1pt

SECTION 7: Leisure Time - TV and Movies
Have you ever watched a complete episode of...
    1.      ...Dr. Who? 1pt
    2.      ...Battlestar Galactica? 1pt
    3.      ...Space: 1999? 1pt
    4.      ...Starblazers? (cartoon about the WWII battleship
               flying through space)  1pt
    5.      Have you ever watched a TV or movie and said: "that's
            physically impossible (due to Newton's xth law, 
            etc.)?" 1pt
    6.      Have you ever seen any of the "Revenge of The Nerd"
            movies more than once? 1pt
    7.      Have you seen all of the Star Wars movies? 1pt
    8.      ...in one 24 hour period? 5pts

SECTION 8: Star Trek
1.      Can you name or discuss the plots of more than 10 Star Trek
        episodes? 1pt
2.      Have you seen all of the Star Trek films? 1pt
3.      ...in one 48 hour period?1pt
4.      Do you refer to the various "Treks" as "TOS" (The Original
        Series), "TNG" (The Next Generation) and "DS9" (Deep Space 
        9) or similar? 5pts
6.      Have you ever argued with someone over which "Trek" is better?
        1pt
7.      Have you ever argued over who was a better commander of the
        Enterprise? 1pt
8.      Have you ever felt the urge to learn the Klingon language? 1pt
9.      Have you ever been to a trek convention? 5pts
10.     ...in the last six months? 5pts
11.     Have you ever owned a pair of Spock ears (Star Trek)? 5pts
12.     ...and worn them in public? 10pts

SECTION 9: Clothing and Apparel
1.      Are your socks mismatched? 1pt
2.      Do you own a digital watch? 1pt
3.      that has a calculator built in?1pt
4.      Do you own a pocket protector? 1pt
5.      .and are you wearing it?5pts
6.      Do you have acne? 1pt
7.      Do you have greasy hair? 1pt
8.      ...without realizing it?1pt
9.      Do you own any clothing with scientific knowledge printed on 
        it? (e.g.  t-shirts with Maxwell's equations)5pts
10.     Are your pants too short? 1pt
11.     Does your underwear have your name on it? 5pts
12.     Is your outfit uncoordinated? (have someone else evaluate
        this)1pt
13.     Have you ever bought similar looking shirts/pants in order to
        save time when dressing because "everything goes together"? 
        1pt
14.     Do you wear glasses? 1pt
15.     ...held together by adhesives? (tape, glue, boogers) 5pts
16.     Is your vision worse than 20/40? (in either eye) 1pt
17.     Is your vision worse than 20/80? (in either eye) 1pt
18.     Are you legally blind? (in either eye) 1pt


1.      Have you ever given an inanimate object a name? (inc.:
        stuffed animal) 1pt
        2.      Was the object something electronic or mechanical?1pt
        3.      Did the object also have a "personality"?5pts
        4.      Have you ever argued with someone over which of two
                computer types/OS's is better? (Macintosh vs. IBM,
                UNIX vs. VMS) 1pt
        5.      Has anyone ever called you a geek/nerd? 1pt
        6.      ...in the last two weeks?1pt
        7.      ...for doing/saying something you knew to be geeky?1pt
        8.      Have you ever intentionally done something that you
                consider geeky? 1pt
        9.      ...in the last month?1pt
        10.     ...today?5pts

SECTION 10: The Nerdity Test
1.      Are you currently reading this test on a computer screen? 1pt
2.      Are you planning to double-check your answers to this test? 1pt
3.      Do you feel the need (or are you currently using) a calculator
        to score the test? 1pt
4.      Are you computing your score in scientific notation? 1pt
5.      Have you contemplated writing a computer program that would ask
        and/or tabulate questions found on this  test? 1pt
6.      Are you currently scoring this test in reverse? (i.e. Assuming
        100% nerd and deducting for each 'no'?) 5pts
7.      Did you feel offended by any of the questions on this test? 
        5pts
8.      Did you resort to lying in order to raise your score? 5pts
9.      Did you resort to lying in order to lower your score? 5pts
10.     Are you currently competing with someone else for the highest
        score on this test (or were contemplating it)?    5pts
11.     ...did you come up second best and challenge them to a 
        rematch? 5pts
12.     Have you asked for a technical clarification of anything on 
        this test?1pt
13.     Have you ever thought of a question that belongs on this test?
        1pt

Ranking:
0 - 49.99     Nerd-in-Training
50 -99.99     Nerd-wannabe
100 -149.99   Closet nerd
150 -199.99   Your social life needs some serious help
200 -249.99   YOU need some serious help
250 -299.99   Your best friend is a microchip
300- 349.99   "Revenge of the Nerds" poster-child
350 - 399.99  Move over, Einstein
400 or more   Hail, O Nerd Master, virgin sliderules I
              sacrifice unto thee
