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Are You a Nerd?

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First submittedNovember 2, 2013
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What tabletop game is organized by a dungeonmaster?
Dungeons & Dragons
What card game is subtitled "The Gathering"?
Magic
Which company owns the rights to above two games?
Wizards of the Coast
Who wrote "The Silmarillion"?
J.R.R. Tolkien
Where does Superman go when he needs some alone time?
Fortress of Solitude
What are the first five digits of π?
3.1415
Complete the analogy: Anime is to Cartoon as _____ is to Comic Book
Manga
What is the answer to life, the universe and everything?
42
What type of alien is Lieutenant Worf?
Klingon
What are the words of House Stark?
Winter is coming
What is the middle name of astrophysicist Neil Tyson?
deGrasse
What English language word might a hacker spell as 1337?
Elite
In what board game can you earn two victory points for having the longest road?
Settlers of Catan
What do you call a bro who likes "My Little Pony"?
Brony
What science fiction series was written by Frank Herbert?
Dune
How do you write the number 16 in binary?
10000
What planet did Luke Skywalker grow up on?
Tatooine
What "test" does a chatbot pass if it can trick a human into believing that it is also human?
Turing Test
What is the 1/1000th of a nanosecond called?
Picosecond
What did Linus Torvalds create?
Linux
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102 Comments
buck1017
+8
Level 78
Nov 5, 2013
I thought 1337 was LEET, which i presume is short for elite.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Nov 5, 2013
Exactly.
mountainsong
+1
Level 29
Jan 12, 2014
So, could leet be accepted?
burntfrost
+1
Level 47
May 21, 2014
Sure it is.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jul 6, 2016
Leet will work now.
stevediverse
+32
Level 86
Aug 28, 2017
l337 15 5h0r7 f0r 3l173, bu7 15 4 m0r3 u53d 73rm, 50 17 15 0nly f1771n6 7h47 b07h l337 4nd 3l173 w0uld b3 4cc3p73d.
BunnyWabbit
+10
Level 38
Oct 5, 2023
Translation: "Leet is short for elite, but is a more used term, so it is only fitting that both leet and elite would be accepted."
JudgeRudy
+2
Level 67
Sep 27, 2023
Lazy nerds, can't even give us both syllables 13373...
Dimby
+5
Level 83
Sep 27, 2023
I'm not sure that adds a syllable.
Conradd23
+1
Level 58
Oct 10, 2023
ieete? What is that?
kalbahamut
+6
Level 79
Jan 12, 2014
Wizards of the Coast is a subsidiary of Hasbro.
mikeyanderson7
+2
Level 67
Jan 12, 2014
I don't play either, but I thought it was Hasbro and I was disappointed when it didn't take it, now I find out I was right all along XD
kalbahamut
+5
Level 79
Jan 12, 2014
Dungeons and Dragons was TSR. Magic: The Gathering was originally Richard Garfield Games (just a shell company) but always sold by Wizards of the Coast. Magic was doing great and D&D was losing popularity, probably a related phenomenon, in the mid 90s, so WotC took advantage and bought TSR. Following that, WotC started making the Pokemon card game, which was what really attracted Habro. WotC and all of its properties were acquired by Hasbro in 1999. I think. Don't have Wikipedia open right now...
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jan 13, 2014
Hasbro will work now.
sillie
+4
Level 75
Jul 7, 2014
That made it just so much easier.
onegonecat
+5
Level 72
May 26, 2016
Really you should accept "Wizards" as that's what most players actually refer to the company as in casual conversation. I was frustrated when it wouldn't accept Wizards and assumed you were looking for something else.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jul 6, 2016
Okay, simply Wizards will now be accepted
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Jul 6, 2016
yeah or WotC. Rhymes with Yahtzee.
barmanitan
+1
Level 84
Dec 26, 2019
Tried Wizard, knew it was something like that, I think due to Austin McConnell's (woeful) video
DiscoBayGolfer
+4
Level 80
Jan 12, 2014
WOW...I got 4
Vidav
+2
Level 60
Jan 12, 2014
Apparently I am full on nerd. 20/20.
joesoap
+4
Level 43
Jan 12, 2014
Thankfully below average on this one.
Sifhraven
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Level 76
Jun 5, 2024
what?? why? Most of these are common knowledge and even if they weren't, knowing any of these would not make you a bad person or something. being happy to score low on this does make you a certain kind of person though.

The only thing really niche was the company one. (which you could get by just naming a few well known ones, since hasbro is accepted)

samwisegamgee
+3
Level 36
Jan 12, 2014
4/20 what a relief
Moosefight
+1
Level 59
Jan 13, 2014
I had to guess on 2, but it turns out I'm a big nerd. 20/20
tschutzer
+2
Level 93
Jan 23, 2014
17/20. Guess I'm only mostly nerd. I was surprised that TSR wasn't the right answer to the D&D publisher question. I didn't realize they'd been absorbed. Poor Gary Gygax.
Fusion13
+1
Level 56
Mar 3, 2014
lol i thought the answer to "what is the answer to life, the universe and everything" was chuck norris lol hahaha
Arp2600
+1
Level 89
Mar 4, 2014
Only 9/20. I knew I was not that kind of nerd... still over average though :).
aliberti68
+1
Level 53
Jun 26, 2014
7. Should have gotten 9, I think that is low on the nerdometer.
smartcookie17
+1
Level 44
Jul 29, 2014
Okay. I am getting SICK of everyone saying it's bad to be a nerd. HELLO, people, Bill Gates is a nerd. Albert Einstein is a nerd, and after all you jocks are hobbling around on old sports injuries, us nerds will be sitting in plush chairs in techno-offices, playing miniature golf, and being rich. Dudes. Get your priorities straight.
joeythelemur
+18
Level 80
Sep 15, 2014
Umm, I don't think there are a lot of "jocks" hanging around on JetPunk. Take a chill pill, no one really thinks it's bad to be "nerdy" anymore.
joeythelemur
+14
Level 80
Sep 15, 2014
And somehow you assume that *your* priorities of getting rich and playing minigolf are the right ones? You make the same mistake that you accuse others of making.
jmellor13
+9
Level 68
Jul 6, 2016
Damn. Joeythelemur dropping the hammer. Good point. I am a nerd, and I think golf is lame as hell.
dunkinggandalf2
+4
Level 72
Oct 8, 2023
It's neither good nor bad to be a nerd. In fact, I assure you, noone cares. But also: neither Einstein nor Bill Gates invented anything by collecting Pokemon or playing D&D in their mom's basement. So, get off your high horse, and just enjoy whatever you enjoy.
AnikaM
+1
Level 41
Oct 30, 2015
nerdier than average :/

got 9, avg. is 8 :)

Sulps
+2
Level 55
Jul 6, 2016
Since this is a quiz about nerdom, I must note that it is too US-centric.
lidiaa268
+1
Level 43
Jul 6, 2016
Did anyone know most of the answers only by watching The Big Bang Theory?
DiscoBayGolfer
+1
Level 80
Jul 6, 2016
I got 5 and BRONY was a flat out guess
jmellor13
+2
Level 68
Jul 6, 2016
I cannot believe such a thing exists. I know there are all sorts of "nerd" (I am loath to use the term) subcultures, but I remember the My Little Pony of my youth as a vacuous 22-minute long toy commercial for young girls with no redeeming quality whatsoever. I think I saw somewhere that the series has been rebooted, so perhaps it has been reformed with better animation, writing, etc., because I just cannot imagine that any person over the age 10, of any gender, would find the original My Little Pony even tolerable.
ander217
+1
Level 73
Oct 27, 2016
I have four granddaughters and none of them ever wanted to watch My Little Pony when they were at my house. Two of them had a crush on Wyatt from Super Why, and one of them really identified with the stoner sloth on It's a Big, Big World. (That was a little worrisome.) Our autistic granddaughter prefers watching DIY home and auto repair DVDs. I say to each his/her own.
blizzrd33
+1
Level 81
Aug 1, 2019
I guessed it too, just on a hunch.
jmellor13
+1
Level 68
Jul 6, 2016
I got 12. Should have known Klingon and Battlestar Galactica. And I love They Might Be Giants. Criminally underappreciated band.
caribdevist
+1
Level 60
Jul 6, 2016
Only missed 2. Not bad.
dasubergeek
+3
Level 82
Jul 6, 2016
NEEEEEEEEEEEEERDS!
celebeth
+1
Level 72
Jul 6, 2016
Fun quiz. Please make another nerd quiz.
Lolrly123
+1
Level 23
Jul 6, 2016
Dude 22% of the ones I got I didn't know. I feel proud of my guesses for once
Swanbabe
+1
Level 37
Jul 7, 2016
Awesome quiz!
MayaB
+3
Level 73
Mar 27, 2018
4 years ago, when I first took the quiz I was at the average with 9/20. Now I have 17/20. I'm making a progress. :D
MayaB
+1
Level 73
Oct 8, 2023
I don't even remember taking the quiz, but further 5 years later I breezed through it and got 20/20. The Worf question was the only one I had to think a bit longer about.
blizzrd33
+1
Level 81
Aug 1, 2019
10/20, a bit nerdy but not a full-on nerd.
ghanburighan
+6
Level 85
Sep 27, 2023
16 in binary is 10000 not 1000
Thunderbear
+3
Level 76
Sep 27, 2023
You are indeed correct.

16 8 4 2 1

1 0 0 0 0

Quizmaster, please fix.

Quizmaster
+7
Level ∞
Sep 27, 2023
Fixed! I failed my own nerd test.
MorituriSalute
+2
Level 62
May 28, 2024
Binary uses all 8 digits, so this should be 00010000
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 28, 2024
@MorituriSalute

No. That doesn't even make sense.

Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 63
Sep 27, 2023
It took 10 years for someone to notice? Clearly the takers are not as nerdy as claimed...
sumokitty
+1
Level 90
Oct 9, 2023
It looks like this has been updated over the years -- there are a couple of earlier comments referring to questions that no longer appear on the quiz.
BZ2YYZ
+6
Level 82
Sep 27, 2023
Might be worth accepting the full byte for the binary answer. I kept typing 00010000 and 0001 0000
baptistegorce
+2
Level 57
Oct 4, 2023
Same. It should be accepted, that's still a correct answer.
WanderingWalrus
+2
Level 82
Sep 27, 2023
Given rounding conventions and the fact that the next figure after 5 is 9 make Pi to 5 significant figures 3.1416?
RobNobody
+3
Level 80
Sep 28, 2023
But they didn't ask "What is pi rounded to the nearest ten-thousandth?" they asked "What are the first five digits of pi?" And the fifth digit of pi is, inarguably, 5.
rocamorar
+3
Level 80
Sep 28, 2023
Asking for the first five digits of pi is not about nerdism, it's about middle school math. From seven digits onwards, it would be legit.
martay
+2
Level 69
Sep 28, 2023
Many people -- who know it it all -- would only know 3.14 off the top of their head
EcceHomo
+2
Level 86
Sep 28, 2023
Here's a little mnemonic for you.

May I have a large container of coffee?

3.1415926

dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 72
Oct 8, 2023
According to the Bible, pi is precisely 3 (1 Kings 7:23).
GlassMonkeyOLD
+4
Level 69
Oct 8, 2023
I'm glad engineering students aren't using the Bible as their textbooks.
EcceHomo
+1
Level 86
Sep 28, 2023
15/20 makes me 75% nerd. I can live with that.
Andrew169
+1
Level 77
Sep 28, 2023
I scored 8/20. I don't have what it takes to be a nerd. Thanks for the quiz!
PrettyTiedUp
+1
Level 71
Sep 28, 2023
15/20. I'm not that much of a nerd (apart from when it comes to books) but I know a lot of them!
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 92
Sep 28, 2023
I recognize a couple because they are well known, like Klingons and Dungeons And Dragons, but I only know 3 as something I'd have any interest in. As someone who was thinking I was a nerd because I do well on most of this site's quizzes, I quote a modern nerd legend,

"My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined."

SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Sep 29, 2023
Got 12, just below the average
KoljiVriVoda
+1
Level 81
Oct 1, 2023
No, I am not. 6.
abeels
+1
Level 86
Oct 4, 2023
I was wondering whether it would be more correct to call this a Are You A Geek quiz. The definitions from Oxford English Dictionary are very similar. I suppose either is correct.

Geek - a person who is knowledgeable about and obsessively interested in a particular subject, especially one that is technical or of specialist or niche interest.

Nerd - a person who is extremely enthusiastic and knowledgeable about a particular subject, especially one of specialist or niche interest.

AlexThirkell
+1
Level 74
Oct 7, 2023
My favourite is "poindexter" :)
Lukose
+3
Level 79
Oct 8, 2023
This is like, exactly the popular culture, early 2000s, Big Bang Theory definition of nerd. Just missing a question with cringe thinly veiled misogyny.
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 72
Oct 8, 2023
I second this!
Mk160
+1
Level 26
Oct 8, 2023
Definetly not nerd just 2/20 😅
shingen
+1
Level 86
Oct 8, 2023
I guess the answer to the question is yes. Yes, I am a 20/20 nerd ;_;
katyaaaaa
+1
Level 32
Oct 8, 2023
I always thought pi was 3.142857...
mrputter
+1
Level 89
Oct 8, 2023
You might have thought that, but if so then you thought wrong.

(Unless this is a reference to something that is just whooshing over my head.)

kitshef
+1
Level 88
Oct 8, 2023
Possibly whooshing over my head, too, but if not it looks like a confusion between pi (3.14159265...) and one-seventh (.142857...)
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 72
Oct 9, 2023
That's because for practical purposes, pi is often approximated as 22/7 - which is 3.142857...
rosina
+1
Level 60
Oct 8, 2023
10/20, half a nerd
luxint
+1
Level 67
Oct 8, 2023
I am delighted to record a score of 1/20.
GlassMonkeyOLD
+2
Level 69
Oct 8, 2023
No, I'm not a nerd. I don't understand why being into board games is in the same category as knowing computer science or mathematics.
Remster
+1
Level 81
Oct 8, 2023
I'll wager you also think Star Wars and Lord of the Rings are "for adults too".
THTB
+1
Level 46
Oct 9, 2023
Typed in, DeGrass
mal
+1
Level 64
Oct 9, 2023
Well I thought I was a nerd, but apparently not- just nerd adjacent! ;-)
partdavid
+5
Level 74
Oct 9, 2023
Linux is his namesake and most famous "creation" but Torvalds also created git which is arguably as widely-used, if not more so. It's a little hard to establish what you might mean be "well-known" or "widely-used" but both git and Linux are at the very highest levels. I suggest accepting "git" for akshully crowd and the smarty-pants (like me).
Remster
+2
Level 81
Oct 9, 2023
Somehow "git" seems appropriate.
dvorkjoker
+2
Level 69
Jan 11, 2024
Agree! Also tried git first, and was surprised it wasn't accepted. After all, this quiz is all about being a nerd, so I think git should be accepted as it's technically correct.
Woozie121
+1
Level 52
Oct 11, 2023
How did I get the Pi one?
SMFlex
+1
Level 54
Oct 24, 2023
Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy, anyone?
Hedgehog76
+1
Level 74
Nov 23, 2023
Not sure, whether I should be proud or shocked that I got 4/5 points... At least two were wild guesses (Dune and Magic), but on the other hand, I should have known Turing test, but didn't remember.
brandybuck96
+1
Level 82
Dec 8, 2023
Idk what sort of pathetic half-nerd I qualify as for knowing most of these but not realising that Klingon was a species as well as a language
Morphior
+2
Level 63
Jan 23, 2024
“git” should be accepted for the Linus Torvalds question.
Capybarra
+1
Level 45
Mar 13, 2024
I never thought I would be happy to only get one question right. (1 out of 20)
selful
+1
Level 69
Apr 28, 2024
6/20, guess I'm not a nerd...
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Jun 5, 2024
gahh I tried to write the decimals of pi not digits (and first I read 4 not 5 of them were requested). I got enough questions right though to beat 90% and get 4 points. Guess that makes me a dumb nerd haha.
declanc123
+2
Level 55
Oct 28, 2024
If you're on jetpunk taking this quiz, the answer to the question of "are you a nerd" is yes.
Yamaneko
+2
Level 78
Aug 5, 2025
For even more nerdiness, Linus Torvalds not only created Linux, but he also created Git, which a lot of nerds now about.
ProbablyANerd
+1
Level 46
Nov 16, 2025
Just look at my name
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