Category: Quizzes

Cross. Word.

Ha. A brand new quiz and it’s mine, all mine.


You Are a Crossword Puzzle


You are well read, and you have a good head for remembering facts.
You are a wordsmith. You have a way with words, and you’re very literate.
You are a mysterious person who enjoys dropping little clues every now and then.
The only problem with those clues is I forget to pick them back up again.

Busy basil week


You Are Basil


You are quite popular and loved by post people.
You have a mild temperament, but your style is definitely distinctive.
You are sweet, attractive, and you often smell good.

There, you have it. I’m loved by “post” people. Would those be the people who post comments on my blog? We may never know.

If you don’t see me around much this week, it’s because:

  1. I’m gearing up for the Imagination Fair (project done, yay!)
  2. I’m gearing up for The Jonas Brothers concert (earplugs not bought yet, boo!)

If I survive, I’ll post some sort of update on Friday.

Austen-esque

So, I realize there’s no real scientific basis for these quizzes, but do these results seem a little strange to you?

Which Jane Austen heroine are you?
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You scored as Elizabeth Bennet You’re Elizabeth Bennet! Witty, intelligent, and cynical, you’re the heroine most people want to be like.

Elizabeth Bennet
65%
Fanny Price
65%
Anne Elliot
60%
Emma Woodhouse
60%
Catherine Morland
55%
Elinor Dashwood
50%
Marianne Dashwood
45%

Which Jane Austen heroine are you?
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You scored as Fanny Price You’re Fanny Price from Mansfield Park! You are quiet and feel alone most of the time, and you don’t usually speak out. Because of your quiet, sweet nature, you are sometimes used as a most unfortunate scapegoat.

Elizabeth Bennet
65%
Fanny Price
65%
Anne Elliot
60%
Emma Woodhouse
60%
Catherine Morland
55%
Elinor Dashwood
50%
Marianne Dashwood
45%

It’s neck and neck, people, neck and neck between Lizzie and Fanny. I had to answer a tie-breaker (and it was pretty obvious which one to pick, depending on who you wanted to be).

Is it possible to be witty, intelligent, and cynical and quiet, mild-mannered, and sweet-tempered? Perhaps it all depends on one’s multi-tasking skills.

‘enry the eighth

Courtesy of Marianne:


Sadly, the image doesn’t include the entire text about Katherine, which goes like this:

Katherine Parr spent nearly her whole life married to crotchety old men: Henry was the THIRD old fart she was forced to marry. Is it any wonder she turned to books and religion to occupy her time?

Katherine wasn’t just smart, she was a tiny bit uppity, too: she almost got herself thrown in jail for arguing with His Royal Fatness about some theological issues. After Henry croaked, Katherine dropped the prim and proper act and married Thomas Seymour, a handsome, dashing pirate kind of guy who was also as dumb as a post.

Which goes to show you that even bookworms know how to get it on.

*Snort*

So, maybe …

Your Score: Modern, Cool Nerd
82 % Nerd, 52% Geek, 17% Dork

For The Record:

A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.
You scored better than half in Nerd and Geek, earning you the title of: Modern, Cool Nerd.

Nerds didn’t use to be cool, but in the 90’s that all changed. It used to be that, if you were a computer expert, you had to wear plaid or a pocket protector or suspenders or something that announced to the world that you couldn’t quite fit in. Not anymore. Now, the intelligent and geeky have eked out for themselves a modicum of respect at the very least, and “geek is chic.” The Modern, Cool Nerd is intelligent, knowledgable and always the person to call in a crisis (needing computer advice/an arcane bit of trivia knowledge). They are the one you want as your lifeline in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (or the one up there, winning the million bucks)!

Congratulations!

Thanks Again! — THE NERD? GEEK? OR DORK? TEST

Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test written by donathos on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test
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So, I’m wondering. Instead of The Geek Girl’s Guide to Cheerleading, we should’ve called it: The Modern Cool Nerd’s Guide to Cheerleading?

Doesn’t have the same ring to it, does it?

Daisy chain

Found over on Jenn’s blog:

I am a
Daisy
What Flower
Are You?

“You are just a sweet person. When a friend needs a shoulder to cry on, you are happy to offer yours with a box of tissues as well. Once in awhile, you wish you could be a little more dramatic but then sensibility sets back in and you know that you are perfect the way you are.”

That’s me–sensible.

Confidential to D: Daisy, appropriate, no?

Drink at your own risk

First it was Marianne. Then Anno. Who’s next? And what can you do when all the cool kids are doing it?

Play along:


The Recipe For Charity


3 parts Naughtiness

2 parts Tolerance

1 part Humor

Splash of Fascination

Limit yourself to one serving. This cocktail is strong!

Next up: Jumping off of bridges. (Oh. Wait. I’ve already done that.)

Goals, resolutions, and peeking at 2008


You Are 50% Left Brained, 50% Right Brained


The left side of your brain controls verbal ability, attention to detail, and reasoning.
Left brained people are good at communication and persuading others.
If you’re left brained, you are likely good at math and logic.
Your left brain prefers dogs, reading, and quiet.The right side of your brain is all about creativity and flexibility.
Daring and intuitive, right brained people see the world in their unique way.
If you’re right brained, you likely have a talent for creative writing and art.
Your right brain prefers day dreaming, philosophy, and sports.

Jill over at The Wet Noodle Posse has a great post on matching goal setting to your brain/learning type. It’s worth a read, especially if you’ve tried goal setting and it hasn’t worked for you.

But what do I do with that 50/50 split? It probably explains why I do write a lot of things down. I like to get stuff on paper, but what I actually write looks a little chaotic.

For instance, when Darcy and I were brainstorming revisions for Geek Girl’s Guide, I made some “outline” notes that looked like this:

  • More parents
  • Scene between tryouts and results?
  • Or maybe? It is a truth boy–athlete talent want of morning oatmeal
    Geek stuff, lay of the land
    • tryouts
    • game store scene
    • results
    • home with parents
  • Test good pen?

Oddly, Test good pen has nothing to do with the outline or story. I was trying out a pen to see if I liked writing with it. But there it is, in all its glory, as part of the outline (it really does have its own bullet point). I’m not even sure these notes would make sense to Darcy, never mind anyone else.

I looked at my 2007 writing goals/resolutions. I didn’t keep a single one! But! That’s not necessarily a bad thing. At the start of 2007, I wasn’t planning on doing anything with Geek Girl’s Guide. I had a (small) start on MacKenna’s story, I hadn’t partnered up with Darcy, hadn’t even thought about taking that terrific children’s book writing class.

And so on.

What’s a goal setting girl to do? I did accomplish a lot, I think. Much more than what I wrote down at the start of the year.

Well, I ended up writing down some goals, more coherently than my outline above (sort of). I won’t bore you with all of them, but in summary:

  • Finish MacKenna (as in final draft finish)
  • Work on another book with Darcy (assuming she wants to–D, we should talk about this, no?)
  • Research for possible historical novel.

The rest? The rest I’m keeping flexible.

Do you have a good style?

Talk about quiz serendipity. Jen asked about my “style” yesterday and whether I, like the marvelous Miss B., am/ever was a fashion plate. Or as we like to call it around here, a fashion girl.


Your Fashion Style is Classic


You like what’s stood the test of time…
Simple, well styled clothes that don’t scream trendy
You stay updated and modern, but your clothes stay in style for a while
You wouldn’t be caught in animal prints, fake fur, or super bright colors

What Kind of Fashionable Woman Are You?

Miss B on the other hand, would be caught in animal prints, fake fur, and super bright colors–on a regular basis.

Every night, we pick out a “good style” for her to wear to school the next day. This is vital. This circumvents the whole: Mommy, I have nothing to wear! crisis. I know. She’s five and she has nothing to wear? Thirteen years of this? Not happening.

You pick out your good style. You wear it. So says drill sergeant mommy.

On most days.