how much of a space geek are you?

how much of a space geek are you?

Do you suspect that you are a space geek? Want to find out for certain? Just take the little quiz below. If none of the answers to a question apply to you, just skip it. You can also choose multiple answers to a question.

1. my bedroom:
a) has little glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling
b) has those stars arranged in the actual constellations
c) has a Zeiss ZKP4 Planetarium projector installed to give a realistic-looking night sky
d) bedroom? what's that? I sleep during the day on a cot in the Observatory.
e) sleep? what's that?

2. my vehicle is a:
a) Mercury
b) Saturn
c) Nova
d) Galaxy
e) SpaceX Falcon IX

3. my home:
a) is in the middle of a big city with lots of streetlights
b) is out in the countryside
c) is on the top of a mountain over 10000 feet
d) orbits the earth
e) is in a Rebel Alliance base on a forested moon orbiting the gas giant planet Yavin

4. my favorite pickup line is:
a) nice parallax
b) your observatory or mine?
c) what a lovely night... what say we have a look at the rings around Uranus?
d) OBAFGKM
e) And now, your highness, we will discuss the location of your hidden rebel base...

5. my idea of a realistic space movie is:
a) Plan 9 From Outer Space
b) The Wrath of Khan
c) Destination Moon
d) 2001: a Space Odyssey
e) Apollo 13

6. It's Friday, on a clear, moonless night. You:
a) drink yourself into a stupor
b) take Ecstasy and dance the night away
c) take your sweetheart up to Makeout Point
d) some combination of the above
e) spend the night in the company of your Schmidt-Cassegrain

7. your hero is:
a) a close relative or friend
b) a sports or entertainment figure
c) Robert Goddard
d) Wernher Von Braun
e) Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

8. blogs I visit regularly include:
a) Instapundit, Michelle Malkin, Power Line
b) Daily Kos, The Huffington Post, Wonkette
c) Feministe, Democratic Underground
d) Protein Wisdom, IMAO, Cox and Forkum
e) Transterrestrial Musings, Bad Astronomy, NASA Watch, Curmudgeon's Corner, Space Politics


Scoring: award yourself points according to the key below.
1:a1,b3,c5,d5,e5; 2:a0,b0,c0,d0,e5; 3:a0,b1,c5,d5,e5; 4:a5,b5,c5,d5,e5; 5:a0,b0,c2,d3,e5; 6:a0,b0,c0,d0,e5; 7:a0,b0,c5,d5,e5; 8:a0,b0,c0,d0,e5

Total up your points. If you scored:
0: You're probably not even on this blog.
1 to 9: You've heard of outer space, but don't really believe it exists.
10 to 19: You have a passing interest in space. Unless there's something better on TV.
20 to 29: Space enthusiast. When the shuttle launches, you wish you were on it.
30 to 49: You really don't get out much, do you?
50 to 79: Major space geek. Can calculate Hohmann Transfer Orbits in your head.
80 to 100: Your family hides you away in the attic when respectable people visit.
more than 100: you can't add.

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