[( Are You a Geek?: 1,000 Ways to Find Out )] [by: Tim Collins] [Aug-2006]

by Tim Collins

Let's face it-we all do geeky things, from checking e-mail obsessively to playing video games to tripping over our own feet. But here's your chance to find out just how much of a geekyou really are. With 1,000 questions for every area of your life-from childhood to lifestyle to entertainment to sex (you met your wife in a Web chat room-3 points), Are You a Geek?helps measure your precise geek quotient. From challenging intelligence quizzes to testing your dating compatibility with "Geekline," Are You a Geek? lets you in on the secrets thatseparate the geeks from the grown-ups. Or the nerdmeisters from everyone else... "From the Trade Paperback edition."

Genres: Reference

Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Manny · Rating 4 out of 5]

A few questions that didn't make it into this book:

What is the funniest thing you've ever read?

- Three Men in a Boat. (0 points)

- Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. (1 point)

- Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, and you then list all 38 books in order of how funny you think they are. (3 points)

- Roger Penrose's The Road to Reality. The way he disses the string theorists is hysterical, needless to say, but the high point is the section where he gets confused about K-meson decay. That just had me ROFLing. (5 points)

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[Krystine · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's really nothing more than a glorified quiz thing to determine your level of geekiness, but it's surprisingly fun. Only issue was my version was from 2005 and a bit outdated for 2017.

For the record, my score was only 176: "Not a Geek: it is safe to speak to this person."

[Billy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This books is *actually* titled "10^3 Ways to Find Out."

A sample question: "Have you ever left a party saying you had a headache when you really just wanted to go home and read?" 5 points

[Sonia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely hillarious!! I never felt to identified with a book before. It was like going to a shrink, but without feeling weird about it. I even had a competition with friends to see who was the geekiest of us all!

[TK Keanini · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got this book from my loving wife for my birthday. I wonder what she is trying to tell me. I stand proud and represent geeks everywhere.

[Amory · Rating 1 out of 5]

Childish repetitive schoolboy nonsense that goes on and on and on....