If you haven't heard the Weird Al Yankovic song White and Nerdy, behold:
--snip--
So, based on this, let's find the whitest, nerdiest dwellar.
I've come up with a quiz from the lyrics and assigned points at my discretion, trying to give weighting that reflects the degree of nerdiness of each question.
Cut and past from here and give us your answers!
Do you have a front lawn? (5 points)
5
Do you mow it yourself? (5)
5
Were you first in your class at school (10), college or university? (10 for first within your subject area, 20 for whole institution))
0
Have you played or do you play D&D? (10)
(Add one point for each level of each character that you have played in the last year, + 2d4-1 if you have the dice to roll with)
10+12+4=26
Is M.C. Escher your favourite M.C.? (10)
10
Do you like Earl Grey tea? (5)
5 (mmmmm, bergamot)
Do you deliberately spin the wheels of your car?
(When I was younger -5 points, occasionally -10 points, frequently -15 points, in front of police -20 points)
-10
Are your action figures Cherry? (five points for each pristine action figure in your possession)
0 (action figures, no. miniatures, yes.)
Stephen Hawking's in my library (own it = 10 points, read it = 10 points, understood it = 100 points)
120
Is your MySpace page all totally pimped out?
(give yourself a score out of 20 for the degree of pimpiness of your myspace, facebook, or other social networking site. Since you're white and nerdy, you'll be honest.)
5
How much of Pi do you know?
(one point for each digit you know)
5
Ain't got no grills but I still wear braces
(10 points for braces)
0
I order all of my sandwiches with mayonnaise
(0.1 points multiplied by the percentage of your sandwiches that you order with mayonnaise)
3
I'm a wiz at Minesweeper, I could play for days
(Start with 1,000, subtract your best time in seconds at the expert level of minesweeper, divide by 50) (add ten points if you just calculated your score on this question in your head)
20
My fingers movin' so fast I'll set the place ablaze
(0.2 points for each wpm you can type)
10
There's no killer app I haven't run
(1 point for every app downloaded to your phone)
10
At Pascal, well I'm number one
(can program in Pascal = 20 points)
20 (back in the day. Transcript available on request)
Do vector calculus just for fun
(can do vector calculus = 20 points)
0
I ain't got a gat, but I got a soldering gun
(-5 points for every gun you own, gain five points for every soldering gun you own)
15
Happy Days is my favorite theme song
(is it? 10 points!)
0
I could sure kick your butt in a game of ping pong
(rate your pingers ability out of 10)
2
I'll ace any trivia quiz you bring on
(rate your trivia prowess out of 10)
10
I'm fluent in JavaScript as well as Klingon
(Skilled at java? 10 points! And one point per Klingon word known)
2
Have you ridden (5 points) or owned (20 points) a segway?
0
Do you collect comics? (one point for each comic in your possession)
75
The pens in my pocket, I must protect them
(one point for each pen in your pocket on an average workday, 10 points for a pocket protector)
2
Is your keyboard ergonomic? (5 points)
5 (old skool kbd, ergo workarea)
Do you shop online for deals on some writable media? (10)
0
I edit Wikipedia
(have made minor changes = 1 point, have made substantial changes = 5 points, have created a new article = 10 points)
0
I memorized Holy Grail really well
I can recite it right now and have you R-O-T-F-L-O-L
(I'm getting bored with this points thing. Score out of ten in this regard, okay?)
5
I got a business doing websites (10 points)
4
Even made a homepage for my dog, (10 points)
5 (not a webpage, but Andy, The Reluctant Outdoor Dog's YouTube vid has been featured here before)
I got myself a fanny pack (5)
5 (per pack? or just for being nerdy enough to own one and admit it?)
Spend my nights with a roll of bubble wrap
Pop, pop - hope no one sees me gettin' freaky (you weirdo!)
stfu!
369
I was in AV club and glee club
And even the chess team (10 points for each)
0
Only question I ever thought was hard
Was "Do I like Kirk or do I like Picard?"
(Five points for having an opinion on this, 10 for being unable to decide)
5
Spend every weekend at the Renaissance Fair
(two points per visit in the last year)
0 (other faires?)
Got my name on my underwear (That's a 10)
My name's not Hanes, so, 0