MaximumPC geek quiz... - Page 2

kracker · 2014-05-10, 01:59

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Originally Posted by LaurV

Grrr... And I was always thinking about myself that I am a walking encyclopedia...

OTOH, my line (thanks to the minions) says "romulan" not "klingon" interpreter

Hey! So how many did you get?

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LaurV · 2014-05-10, 02:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by kracker

Hey! So how many did you get?

Let's say that I had a good reason not to say a number

I got 16/45 (but don't tell to these guys here!), generally the technical stuff, and random for klingon translations and bill gates' quotes. But I am willing to learn, therefore thanks a lot for the magazine link. I already started reading it from the beginning, and I will read the correct answers too, when I will reach that part. I can't promise I will remember the answers in the future, but reading will be a very interesting activity today!
Thanks again.

markr · 2014-05-13, 13:48

Very tough. I was guessing lots & expected ~15 but they said 24. Totally undeserved; the glass of red wine must have helped, it was pretty good. I should try rolling a pair of dice a few times to see how many 12s come up.

LaurV · 2014-05-13, 14:33

After seeing the answers, I was right to 9 questions to which I was sure (technical related, and not those asking differences between processors with 5 digit numbers in their names, which even wikipedia wouldn't know to answer) and I got the other "statistically", that is about 1/4 changes to get right (there are 4 choices, if you select random) in about 36 remaining questions. So, assuming you know a little bit of general stuff, and can answer to at least 5-10 of them right, and do the other random, with a chance of 25% to be right at each, then a score of 18-20, is a "normal", or "average" hit. Even purely random, one should make a score of about 10.

Yes, I know, this pledge is not in my favor

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2014-05-13, 13:48	#14
markr "Mark" Feb 2003 Sydney 3·191 Posts	Very tough. I was guessing lots & expected ~15 but they said 24. Totally undeserved; the glass of red wine must have helped, it was pretty good. I should try rolling a pair of dice a few times to see how many 12s come up.

2014-05-13, 14:33	#15
LaurV Romulan Interpreter Jun 2011 Thailand 7·1,373 Posts	After seeing the answers, I was right to 9 questions to which I was sure (technical related, and not those asking differences between processors with 5 digit numbers in their names, which even wikipedia wouldn't know to answer) and I got the other "statistically", that is about 1/4 changes to get right (there are 4 choices, if you select random) in about 36 remaining questions. So, assuming you know a little bit of general stuff, and can answer to at least 5-10 of them right, and do the other random, with a chance of 25% to be right at each, then a score of 18-20, is a "normal", or "average" hit. Even purely random, one should make a score of about 10. Yes, I know, this pledge is not in my favor