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The Nerd Gatekeeping Quiz
Sep. 2nd, 2018 02:02 pm@i_sayeth on Tumblr seems to think that female nerds don't exist, and that we only play video games because they're cool RIGHT NOW and will leave nerddom in droves once the Next Big Trend hits.
So, I've compiled this quiz. @i_sayeth has 15 minutes from the time I tweet this post to him to finish, and Google is not allowed. And yes, I know all of the correct answers to this.
1. Name 3 men that Deadpool has come-on to in the comic books, and 3 women that he has been romantically involved with.
2. According to the original DBZ manga, how many Saiyans survived the destruction of Planet Vegeta?
3. Where does Superman get his powers?
4. Which of the following are canon?
a. Wonder Woman has had several Amazon lovers.
b. Aino Minako is the Princess of the Moon Kingdom.
c. Deadpool once pretended to rub one out against Spiderman in order to cut through the ropes binding them and escape without the bad guy noticing.
d. Superman has only ever been paired with Lois Lane.
e. Cyborg 008 escaped from slave traffickers, only to end up being used in the Zero-Zero Cyborg Project.
f. Kikaider has a rival/enemy named Hakaider.
g. Black Jack's ward, Pinoko, was once the embedded twin of an 18-year-old woman.
h. Mario has always saved ONE princess: Peach Toadstool of the Mushroom Kingdom.
i. You obtain the Triforce in every Zelda game for a TV console.
5. In the original Legend of Zelda, one of the sections of the Triforce was broken into 8 pieces for Link to find. How many of these main sections were there? Again, this is the FIRST game.
6. How many chaos emeralds are in the original Sonic the Hedgehog, and when was the Super Sonic transformation introduced?
7. What is the glitch Pokemon, and where could you find it? What did it evolve into if you gave it a Rare Candy?
8. In Super Mario Odyssey, Pauline is the mayor of New Donk City. When and in what game did Pauline originally appear?
9. Which Overwatch character is canonically a lesbian?
10. One popular video game features a character who describes himself as "a black Scottish cyclops!" What game and character?
11. Which edition of Dungeons & Dragons has detailed rules about grappling?
12. Khajit has wares if you have coin. Who or what is Khajit?
13. Mother 2 is the original Japanese name of which SNES game?
14. What is the difference between the Sega Genesis/MegaDrive and SNES versions of Mortal Kombat, as released in the United States?
15. Name one video game and one anime series that feature important characters named "Alucard."
16. In Bram Stoker's Dracula, what happened to vampires in sunlight?
17. What was the name of the song that Splatoon character Pearl could never get radio stations to play?
18. Which of the following scandalous things actually appeared in the earliest known geek fanzine?
a. The Contra Code (later known as the Konami Code).
b. Detailed diagrams of the Vulcan reproductive system.
c. Mario/Peach pornography.
d. How to get infinite money in the DOS game Taipei.
e. The "Mei is dead" fan theory about My Neighbor Totoro.
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This should prove the following:
1. I have, in fact, been into this shit for a VERY LONG TIME.
2. Nobody likes being quizzed to prove they're a "real" fan.
3. Gatekeeping is bullshit.
Not that I'm surprised. Male nerds tend to merely consume; female nerds, to create. So we pretty much HAVE to know more about the nerdy stuff we consume, just so we can get shit right in our fanart and fanfiction.
So, I've compiled this quiz. @i_sayeth has 15 minutes from the time I tweet this post to him to finish, and Google is not allowed. And yes, I know all of the correct answers to this.
1. Name 3 men that Deadpool has come-on to in the comic books, and 3 women that he has been romantically involved with.
2. According to the original DBZ manga, how many Saiyans survived the destruction of Planet Vegeta?
3. Where does Superman get his powers?
4. Which of the following are canon?
a. Wonder Woman has had several Amazon lovers.
b. Aino Minako is the Princess of the Moon Kingdom.
c. Deadpool once pretended to rub one out against Spiderman in order to cut through the ropes binding them and escape without the bad guy noticing.
d. Superman has only ever been paired with Lois Lane.
e. Cyborg 008 escaped from slave traffickers, only to end up being used in the Zero-Zero Cyborg Project.
f. Kikaider has a rival/enemy named Hakaider.
g. Black Jack's ward, Pinoko, was once the embedded twin of an 18-year-old woman.
h. Mario has always saved ONE princess: Peach Toadstool of the Mushroom Kingdom.
i. You obtain the Triforce in every Zelda game for a TV console.
5. In the original Legend of Zelda, one of the sections of the Triforce was broken into 8 pieces for Link to find. How many of these main sections were there? Again, this is the FIRST game.
6. How many chaos emeralds are in the original Sonic the Hedgehog, and when was the Super Sonic transformation introduced?
7. What is the glitch Pokemon, and where could you find it? What did it evolve into if you gave it a Rare Candy?
8. In Super Mario Odyssey, Pauline is the mayor of New Donk City. When and in what game did Pauline originally appear?
9. Which Overwatch character is canonically a lesbian?
10. One popular video game features a character who describes himself as "a black Scottish cyclops!" What game and character?
11. Which edition of Dungeons & Dragons has detailed rules about grappling?
12. Khajit has wares if you have coin. Who or what is Khajit?
13. Mother 2 is the original Japanese name of which SNES game?
14. What is the difference between the Sega Genesis/MegaDrive and SNES versions of Mortal Kombat, as released in the United States?
15. Name one video game and one anime series that feature important characters named "Alucard."
16. In Bram Stoker's Dracula, what happened to vampires in sunlight?
17. What was the name of the song that Splatoon character Pearl could never get radio stations to play?
18. Which of the following scandalous things actually appeared in the earliest known geek fanzine?
a. The Contra Code (later known as the Konami Code).
b. Detailed diagrams of the Vulcan reproductive system.
c. Mario/Peach pornography.
d. How to get infinite money in the DOS game Taipei.
e. The "Mei is dead" fan theory about My Neighbor Totoro.
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This should prove the following:
1. I have, in fact, been into this shit for a VERY LONG TIME.
2. Nobody likes being quizzed to prove they're a "real" fan.
3. Gatekeeping is bullshit.
Not that I'm surprised. Male nerds tend to merely consume; female nerds, to create. So we pretty much HAVE to know more about the nerdy stuff we consume, just so we can get shit right in our fanart and fanfiction.
