Well I'm sure it comes as no surprise to anyone, but 50% of me is a huge nerd! How about you?. Actually, maybe it does come as a bit of a surprise, considering it's only 50% of me :) I'm going to discuss these questions below... so click through if you want to take the test before I discuss them.
1. The shards of... My Answer: No idea
Answer: Narsil
Response: Uh, shards?
2. Who is NOT a member of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? My A: Sherlock Holmes
A: Sherlock Holmes
R: I based this totally on the tv commercials I saw for this movie. Kind of cool that Captain Nemo is in there. Who's Alan Quatermain? 3. CMOS stands for: My A: Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
A: Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
R: I don't know when I learned this, but I did :) 4. Green-skinned love slaves come from the planet: My A: Betelgeuse
A: Orion
R: I thought this came from the wonderful game "Leather Goddess of Phobos" by Infocom, but, reflecting on it now, it probably came from a part in HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy that I don't remember. 5. I've just started up a game of CounterStrike 1.5. I'm on CT, the map is de_dust2. In the buy menu I hit 1-3. The weapon I’m buying is a(n): My A: Pump shotgun
A: Deagle
R: Wouldn't you think that the first column would have basic weapons like a shotgun? Eh, never played CS. And do they really change by level? 6. You want to overclock your Athlon XP 3200+ up to 2.5 ghz. Given that a the default 3200 runs at 2.2 Ghz by default (11.0 clock multiplier, 200mhz FSB), which multiplier / FSB combination would most likely work the best? My A: 15.0, 186 mhz
A: 12.0, 209 mhz
R: Funny about this, I actually had this very conversation earlier in the day, as I'm currently in the process of building my new home machine. Funny, I still got it wrong. Very wrong. 7. The Zeroth Law of Robotics states that: My A: A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction allow a human being to come to harm.
A: No robot may harm humanity or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
R: So close! I think this comes from Issac Asimov's I, Robot, but I've never read it. I probably absorbed this through reading slashdot, or some such. 8. 40,000 years from now these are all Temples of the Imperial Officio Assassinorum, except for... My A: No idea what I put
A: Beil-Tan
R: What? 9. "I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis!" My A: Zaphod Beeblebrox
A: Zaphod Beeblebrox
R: Another Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference, as are all the character choices listed there. 10. I am Rygel the 16th, ________ of Hyneria. My A: No idea what I put
A: Dominar
R: Who? 11. Twinkle is to Drizzt as: My A: Sting is to Sam
A: Needle is to Arya
R: No idea what this is from. I guessed the Lord of the Rings relationship - weapon is to carrier, but now that I think about it, wasn't it Bilbo or Frodo who carried it? 12. ...Live long and prosper. My A: Strength and honor...
A: Peace and long life...
R: From the vulcans... I guess this is like a challenge response kind of thing, but I can't remember ever hearing this. 13. Which does not belong? My A: Salmon
A: Salmon
R: All the rest are used in Monty Python sketches, though I'm sure that there must be another thought for this one. 14. As you are traveling through space, your sensors detect a strange, black monolith floating nearby. Without looking, you know that it has the proportions: My A: 1 by 4 by 9
A: 1 by 4 by 9
R: 2001, a space odyssey by Arthur Clarke and later, of course, the movie. 15. "One Ring to find them" My A: No idea what I put
A: Ash nazg gimbatul
R: Did you know that JRR Tolkien was a linguist before he was an author? The interesting part is that he probably created these whole languages from scratch. Very impressive! Lord of the Rings Trilogy... btw. 16. Who has never been considered a prophet? My A: Medivh
A: Mithrandir
R: Muad'dib is from Dune and was a prophet in that... the only one I know for sure. No idea what Mithrandir is from but sounds vaguely like Lord of the Rings. 17. Which cheat code is not paired with its game? My A: No idea what I put
A: Power Overwhelming - Diablo 2
R: I very very rarely use cheat codes, so I'm never up to speed on it... that and I've only played half of those games. 18. List these Sith Lords in chronological order of their birth: Darth Sidious, Exar Kun, Darth Malak, and Kyp Durron. My A: No idea what I put
A: Kun, Malak, Sidious, Durron
R: I got at least part of the order from Star Wars, Knights of the old Realm the video game for XBOX, but the rest I just took a stab at. I think I got it wrong. 19. Which does not belong? My A: No idea what I put
A: Weasel
R: Where? 20. Klaatu Verata... My A: Nictim
A: Nicto
R: Man these language ones are really hard. A couple more coming up here... 21. Who is NOT a Ghostbuster? My A: Dr. Hawley Griffin
A: Dr. Hawley Griffin
R: Wouldn't technically the joke answer also be correct? I remember this from a misspent youth of watching this movie way too much. 22. Why, Mr. Anderson? Why do you do it? Why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you're fighting for something? For more than your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know? Is it freedom? Or truth? Perhaps peace? Yes? No? Could it be for love? Illusions, Mr. Anderson. Vagaries of perception. The temporary abstracts of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose. And all of them as artificial as the Matrix itself; although only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love. You must be able to see it, Mr. Anderson. You must know it by now. You can't win. It's pointless to keep fighting. Why, Mr. Anderson? Why? Why do you persist? My A: Because I choose to.
A: Because I choose to.
R: I assume this is from the third episode of the Matrix which I still haven't seen. Interesting thing, the Matrix was written by a couple of graduates of the Landmark Education program, and this is one of their basic tenets. That's why I guessed it. 23. What color kryptonite can permanently rob Superman of his super powers? My A: Gold
A: Gold
R: I think I got this from the Superfriends when I was a kid. By the way, if you haven't been to Seanbaby, leave this page immediately and go there. 24. Who was not one of the Istari? My A: No idea what I put
A: Cirdan
R: How? 25. Which character is not paired with their ship? My A: Captain Piett, Executor
A: Talon Karrde, Lady Luck
R: Total guess, but some of them I knew. This was a real mix of Star Trek, Spaceballs, and what I would assume is Pirates of the Caribbean. 26. In a game of 2nd edition AD&D, my fighter has a THAC0 of 14. To hit an orc with an AC of 6, I must roll at least a(n): My A: 8
A: 8
R: See above re: misspent youth. Actually, when I was going through the SAT preparation course in H.S. I remember learning about how to read answers to a question which you do not know. That almost made me move off 8. If I remember Bard's Tale correctly, you start with an AC (armor class) of 10 and count down from there. THAC0 means to hit armor class (of) 0, and then for each AC above zero, you subtract one. It just seemed obvious that someone would subtract the two and guess at 8. 27. "Success" My A: No idea what I put
A: Qa'pla
R: I think this is Klingon, which I don't know. 28. "Well met" My A: No idea what I put
A: Mae govannen
R: See above re: Klingon 29. In 2029, John Connor leads a valiant resistance against computer nemesis: My A: Skynet
A: Skynet
R: This is from the Terminator series 30. The answer to life, the universe, and everything...in binary: My A: 101010
A: 101010
R: Tough one, in that FIRST you have to know that this is from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and then you have to remember the answer (42), and THEN you have to convert 42 to binary. Tough! 31. Spiderman's Mary Jane shares the same last name as: My A: No idea what I put
A: Sherlock Holmes' partner
R: INTERESTING. I didn't remember this, but I was never a big Spiderman fan. 32. In standard, 3rd edition Dungeons & Dragons, your 5th level ranger with a dexterity of 19 dons a suit of studded leather armor (AC 3, max dexterity bonus +5). Assuming he bears no other protection or enchantments, what is his total Armor Class? My A: 4
A: 17
R: I think I did the following math... dexerity 19 probably gives you +2 armor class, +3 from the armor, and then maybe +1 for being 5th level. Obviously, I was very very wrong. 33. In Sluggy Freelance, what is the magic word to turn Zoe into a Camel? My A: Shupid
A: Shupid
R: I like this comic quite a bit, as indicated by my links on the side. 34. Which pair of characters was not part of the crew of the Weatherlight, from Magic the Gathering: My A: No idea what I put
A: Urza and Mishra
R: I've never played this... I didn't even know it had a story behind it! 35. In the original Phoenix for the TI-89, how much would it cost to buy two shield recharges, and weapon #2? My A: No idea what I put
A: $350
R: I guarantee someone got this. I was not him. Besides, I never had a TI-89... I was an Intellivision and C64/128 man myself. 36. Who is not a character of the Warcraft universe? My A: Lothar
A: Duriel
R: All I remember is that skit on SNL with Lothar of the hill people... I never would have thought that would have made it into a video game. I'm always so bad at remembering names from video games... on the other hand, I've never played Warcraft 3 37. In Wolfenstein 3D, you play as: My A: Blake Stone
A: B.J. Blazkowicz
R: This is pretty funny... I actually took an educated guess at this, but I was still off... the choices were: Blake Stone - never heard of him
B.J. Blazkowicz - never heard of him
John Anderton - Minority Report
Frank Poole - never heard of him
Carth Onasi - never heard of him
Korben Dallas - Fifth Element
The Cheat, who is not dead - Home star runner That was pretty good.... nearly 50% elimination! 38. The Vault Dweller comes from Vault: My A: No idea what i put
A: 13
R: I don't even know what this is. 39. This ship was built at the Utopia Planetia shipyards. My A: Heart of Gold
A: USS Enterprise NCC-1701 D
R: The funny part here is the name sounded so ridiculous, I had to guess Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. 40. The most important resource of the planet Arrakis: My A: Spice melange
A: Spice melange
R: Dune ... again. This guy loves dune. 41. If 42 is the Answer, then the Question is... My A: "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?"
A: "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?"
R: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy... man I loved this "trilogy". 42. In what base number system does the muliplication in the above answer (well, question) actually equal 42? My A: base 12
A: base 13
R: Uh, I suck at math? Ok lots of writing here... I think I'll comment later on the correlation between intelligence and having too much time on your hands. Not that I have either, that is. D
1. The shards of... My Answer: No idea
Answer: Narsil
Response: Uh, shards?
2. Who is NOT a member of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? My A: Sherlock Holmes
A: Sherlock Holmes
R: I based this totally on the tv commercials I saw for this movie. Kind of cool that Captain Nemo is in there. Who's Alan Quatermain? 3. CMOS stands for: My A: Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
A: Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
R: I don't know when I learned this, but I did :) 4. Green-skinned love slaves come from the planet: My A: Betelgeuse
A: Orion
R: I thought this came from the wonderful game "Leather Goddess of Phobos" by Infocom, but, reflecting on it now, it probably came from a part in HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy that I don't remember. 5. I've just started up a game of CounterStrike 1.5. I'm on CT, the map is de_dust2. In the buy menu I hit 1-3. The weapon I’m buying is a(n): My A: Pump shotgun
A: Deagle
R: Wouldn't you think that the first column would have basic weapons like a shotgun? Eh, never played CS. And do they really change by level? 6. You want to overclock your Athlon XP 3200+ up to 2.5 ghz. Given that a the default 3200 runs at 2.2 Ghz by default (11.0 clock multiplier, 200mhz FSB), which multiplier / FSB combination would most likely work the best? My A: 15.0, 186 mhz
A: 12.0, 209 mhz
R: Funny about this, I actually had this very conversation earlier in the day, as I'm currently in the process of building my new home machine. Funny, I still got it wrong. Very wrong. 7. The Zeroth Law of Robotics states that: My A: A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction allow a human being to come to harm.
A: No robot may harm humanity or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
R: So close! I think this comes from Issac Asimov's I, Robot, but I've never read it. I probably absorbed this through reading slashdot, or some such. 8. 40,000 years from now these are all Temples of the Imperial Officio Assassinorum, except for... My A: No idea what I put
A: Beil-Tan
R: What? 9. "I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis!" My A: Zaphod Beeblebrox
A: Zaphod Beeblebrox
R: Another Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference, as are all the character choices listed there. 10. I am Rygel the 16th, ________ of Hyneria. My A: No idea what I put
A: Dominar
R: Who? 11. Twinkle is to Drizzt as: My A: Sting is to Sam
A: Needle is to Arya
R: No idea what this is from. I guessed the Lord of the Rings relationship - weapon is to carrier, but now that I think about it, wasn't it Bilbo or Frodo who carried it? 12. ...Live long and prosper. My A: Strength and honor...
A: Peace and long life...
R: From the vulcans... I guess this is like a challenge response kind of thing, but I can't remember ever hearing this. 13. Which does not belong? My A: Salmon
A: Salmon
R: All the rest are used in Monty Python sketches, though I'm sure that there must be another thought for this one. 14. As you are traveling through space, your sensors detect a strange, black monolith floating nearby. Without looking, you know that it has the proportions: My A: 1 by 4 by 9
A: 1 by 4 by 9
R: 2001, a space odyssey by Arthur Clarke and later, of course, the movie. 15. "One Ring to find them" My A: No idea what I put
A: Ash nazg gimbatul
R: Did you know that JRR Tolkien was a linguist before he was an author? The interesting part is that he probably created these whole languages from scratch. Very impressive! Lord of the Rings Trilogy... btw. 16. Who has never been considered a prophet? My A: Medivh
A: Mithrandir
R: Muad'dib is from Dune and was a prophet in that... the only one I know for sure. No idea what Mithrandir is from but sounds vaguely like Lord of the Rings. 17. Which cheat code is not paired with its game? My A: No idea what I put
A: Power Overwhelming - Diablo 2
R: I very very rarely use cheat codes, so I'm never up to speed on it... that and I've only played half of those games. 18. List these Sith Lords in chronological order of their birth: Darth Sidious, Exar Kun, Darth Malak, and Kyp Durron. My A: No idea what I put
A: Kun, Malak, Sidious, Durron
R: I got at least part of the order from Star Wars, Knights of the old Realm the video game for XBOX, but the rest I just took a stab at. I think I got it wrong. 19. Which does not belong? My A: No idea what I put
A: Weasel
R: Where? 20. Klaatu Verata... My A: Nictim
A: Nicto
R: Man these language ones are really hard. A couple more coming up here... 21. Who is NOT a Ghostbuster? My A: Dr. Hawley Griffin
A: Dr. Hawley Griffin
R: Wouldn't technically the joke answer also be correct? I remember this from a misspent youth of watching this movie way too much. 22. Why, Mr. Anderson? Why do you do it? Why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you're fighting for something? For more than your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know? Is it freedom? Or truth? Perhaps peace? Yes? No? Could it be for love? Illusions, Mr. Anderson. Vagaries of perception. The temporary abstracts of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose. And all of them as artificial as the Matrix itself; although only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love. You must be able to see it, Mr. Anderson. You must know it by now. You can't win. It's pointless to keep fighting. Why, Mr. Anderson? Why? Why do you persist? My A: Because I choose to.
A: Because I choose to.
R: I assume this is from the third episode of the Matrix which I still haven't seen. Interesting thing, the Matrix was written by a couple of graduates of the Landmark Education program, and this is one of their basic tenets. That's why I guessed it. 23. What color kryptonite can permanently rob Superman of his super powers? My A: Gold
A: Gold
R: I think I got this from the Superfriends when I was a kid. By the way, if you haven't been to Seanbaby, leave this page immediately and go there. 24. Who was not one of the Istari? My A: No idea what I put
A: Cirdan
R: How? 25. Which character is not paired with their ship? My A: Captain Piett, Executor
A: Talon Karrde, Lady Luck
R: Total guess, but some of them I knew. This was a real mix of Star Trek, Spaceballs, and what I would assume is Pirates of the Caribbean. 26. In a game of 2nd edition AD&D, my fighter has a THAC0 of 14. To hit an orc with an AC of 6, I must roll at least a(n): My A: 8
A: 8
R: See above re: misspent youth. Actually, when I was going through the SAT preparation course in H.S. I remember learning about how to read answers to a question which you do not know. That almost made me move off 8. If I remember Bard's Tale correctly, you start with an AC (armor class) of 10 and count down from there. THAC0 means to hit armor class (of) 0, and then for each AC above zero, you subtract one. It just seemed obvious that someone would subtract the two and guess at 8. 27. "Success" My A: No idea what I put
A: Qa'pla
R: I think this is Klingon, which I don't know. 28. "Well met" My A: No idea what I put
A: Mae govannen
R: See above re: Klingon 29. In 2029, John Connor leads a valiant resistance against computer nemesis: My A: Skynet
A: Skynet
R: This is from the Terminator series 30. The answer to life, the universe, and everything...in binary: My A: 101010
A: 101010
R: Tough one, in that FIRST you have to know that this is from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and then you have to remember the answer (42), and THEN you have to convert 42 to binary. Tough! 31. Spiderman's Mary Jane shares the same last name as: My A: No idea what I put
A: Sherlock Holmes' partner
R: INTERESTING. I didn't remember this, but I was never a big Spiderman fan. 32. In standard, 3rd edition Dungeons & Dragons, your 5th level ranger with a dexterity of 19 dons a suit of studded leather armor (AC 3, max dexterity bonus +5). Assuming he bears no other protection or enchantments, what is his total Armor Class? My A: 4
A: 17
R: I think I did the following math... dexerity 19 probably gives you +2 armor class, +3 from the armor, and then maybe +1 for being 5th level. Obviously, I was very very wrong. 33. In Sluggy Freelance, what is the magic word to turn Zoe into a Camel? My A: Shupid
A: Shupid
R: I like this comic quite a bit, as indicated by my links on the side. 34. Which pair of characters was not part of the crew of the Weatherlight, from Magic the Gathering: My A: No idea what I put
A: Urza and Mishra
R: I've never played this... I didn't even know it had a story behind it! 35. In the original Phoenix for the TI-89, how much would it cost to buy two shield recharges, and weapon #2? My A: No idea what I put
A: $350
R: I guarantee someone got this. I was not him. Besides, I never had a TI-89... I was an Intellivision and C64/128 man myself. 36. Who is not a character of the Warcraft universe? My A: Lothar
A: Duriel
R: All I remember is that skit on SNL with Lothar of the hill people... I never would have thought that would have made it into a video game. I'm always so bad at remembering names from video games... on the other hand, I've never played Warcraft 3 37. In Wolfenstein 3D, you play as: My A: Blake Stone
A: B.J. Blazkowicz
R: This is pretty funny... I actually took an educated guess at this, but I was still off... the choices were: Blake Stone - never heard of him
B.J. Blazkowicz - never heard of him
John Anderton - Minority Report
Frank Poole - never heard of him
Carth Onasi - never heard of him
Korben Dallas - Fifth Element
The Cheat, who is not dead - Home star runner That was pretty good.... nearly 50% elimination! 38. The Vault Dweller comes from Vault: My A: No idea what i put
A: 13
R: I don't even know what this is. 39. This ship was built at the Utopia Planetia shipyards. My A: Heart of Gold
A: USS Enterprise NCC-1701 D
R: The funny part here is the name sounded so ridiculous, I had to guess Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. 40. The most important resource of the planet Arrakis: My A: Spice melange
A: Spice melange
R: Dune ... again. This guy loves dune. 41. If 42 is the Answer, then the Question is... My A: "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?"
A: "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?"
R: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy... man I loved this "trilogy". 42. In what base number system does the muliplication in the above answer (well, question) actually equal 42? My A: base 12
A: base 13
R: Uh, I suck at math? Ok lots of writing here... I think I'll comment later on the correlation between intelligence and having too much time on your hands. Not that I have either, that is. D