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The Mundanity test
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Version 2.0
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12-01/90
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This test is entered in the public domain, there is no copyright.
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We request that all information found herein be credited to the Northern
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Arizona Speculative Fiction Society (NASFS).
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Introduction:
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This test is based on many tests including the infamous Purity Test.
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There are many people that have contributed to the making of this
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test. We thank them all.
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Disclaimer of Liability
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The user of this test acknowledges, understands, and agrees that
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fandom is a vicious lifestyle; that a fan must read and act in
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good judgement at all times; that the attitudes of other fen vary
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constantly and are greatly affected by the alignment of the
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planets, changes in weather, visits by alien races, and changes
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in local television programming; that the use of dice to excess
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may cause blindness or at least joint pain from repetitive and
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redundant movements.
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As a further condition of being a member of the worldwide
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organization known as fandom, the fan understands and agrees (1)
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that in the event of the transfer of fannish paraphernalia from
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one fan to a nonfan the fan is required to attempt to educate the
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unknowing; (2) that the fan is the property of no one fan or
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organization (accept where spouses and significant others apply);
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(3) that all paraphernalia must be displayed at all times when
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you are in public or private, for one never knows when the
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situation shall demand it.
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Your fannish rights are upheld by the constitution of your local
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fannish organization and charter of the World Science Fiction
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Society.
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Instructions for use
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This is a test consisting of 200 questions. There are many ways
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of going about taking this test. You can, as is your right, be
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anti-social and cloister yourself in your room and take this test
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all by yourself; however we feel that there are many fun ways in
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which this test can be utilized: hold a Mundanity Test Party,
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arrange a panel at a local convention, or, perhaps, give the test
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at a meeting of your favorite fannish club. All you need is one
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copy of the test, and a bunch of friends, acquaintances, or fans
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(many times these all fall into the same category). The person
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with the copy of the test will be the test administrator; he/she
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will read the questions out loud and everybody else will write
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down their answers. There are no definitive rules as to whether
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the takers should divulge their answers, that is up to the group;
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however, each person's mundanity score should be made common
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knowledge (The person with the highest score gets to be giggled
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at for the rest of his/her life or until he/she has corrected the
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problem).
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All questions in this test pertain to events that have happened
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to you after your weaning and babyhood infancy. Anything that
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may have happened before such time, or in another life (as the
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case may be), is considered null and void. If you do not
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understand a term then the answer is no, plain and simple, no
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need for clarification.
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We would now like to let you know that there is no passing or
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failing score. Therefore, one should not worry too much about
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getting a high score, even if you do get giggled at for the rest
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of your life. So take this test, answering only yes or no, and
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let us propagate fandom far and wide.
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Scoring the Results:
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Answer only yes or no to the following questions. Count up your no's
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only. This number divided by the number of questions in this test
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will represent you mundanity index.
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Please watch for further updates of this test. Send all
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suggestions and additional questions to the address at the bottom
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of this letter.
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Section I: Conventions
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This section refers to actions and activities that are
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observed by/at fannish activity centers known as
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conventions. Most, but not all, of these organizations
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are known by the word CON at the end of their name,
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such as WorldCon, LepreCon, LosCon, NoreasCon, et al.
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Some of these organizations are named with the word CON
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at the beginning of their name such as Contac, Condeigo
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Confederacy, etc. Of course, as mentioned before, some
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of these organizations never touch the abbreviation.
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1. Have you ever been to a science fiction convention?
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2. Have you ever been to a gaming convention?
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3. Have you been to more than five different conventions? (This does
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not include more than twice to the same regional convention)
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4. Do you know what a filk is?
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5. Have you ever been to a filk?
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6. Do you know the origin of the word filk?
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7. Have you ever heard the Rasputin?
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8. Have you ever danced the TimeWarp?
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9. Have you ever danced the Rasputin and the TimeWarp consecutively?
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10. Have you ever rented a room for a con?
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11. Have you ever been to a room party at a con?
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12. Have you ever held a room party at a con?
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13. Have you ever gone without sleep at a con?
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14. Have you ever worked on staff at a con?
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15. Have you ever been to a con hospitality suite?
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16. Have you ever volunteered at a convention?
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17. Have you ever been on committee at a convention?
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18. Do you know what a GoH is?
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19. Have you ever met a GoH personally? (If it was just during a
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panel it doesn't count)
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20. Have you ever been a GoH?
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21. Do you know what a FGoH is?
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22. Have you ever met a FGoH personally? (If it was during a panel is
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doesn't count).
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23. Have you ever been a FGoH?
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24. Have you ever sat on a panel at a convention?
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25. Have you ever held more than one position at a convention?
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26. Have you ever been chairman of a convention?
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27. Have you ever been to a regional convention? (WesterCon is an
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example).
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28. Have you ever been to a national convention? (NASFiC is an
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example).
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29. Have you ever been to a World Science Fiction Convention? (There
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is not other example).
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Section II: Games
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The following section refers to the games that people
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play, but not necessary at conventions, although that
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is a strong possibility. The games we speak of are
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everything from role playing games (the infamous
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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons[tm TSR,Inc] to Strategy War
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games (the not-so-infamous, but well known, Diplomacy).
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30. Do you play any role-playing games?
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31. More than two?
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32. More than five?
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33. Have you ever played Photon, LazerTag or Commando Tag in public?
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34. Have you ever played either one when/where you shouldn't?
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35. Do you own any role-playing games?
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36. More than two?
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37. More than five?
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38. Have you ever played in a role-playing tournament?
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39. More than five?
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40. Have you ever played a strategic wargame?
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41 More than two?
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42 More than five?
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43. Have you every played a diplomatic or non combat oriented game?
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44 More than two?
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45. Have you ever playtested a game of any sort?
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46. Have you ever written/designed your own role playing game?
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47. Was it published? (Can be published privately or by an actual
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company)
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48. Have you ever written/designed your own board game?
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49. Was it published? (Can be published privately or by an actual
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company)
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50. Have you ever played one game that lasted 12 hours?
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51. Have you ever played one game that lasted 24 hours?
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52. Longer than 24 hours?
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Section III: Movies/TV
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This section refers to media fandom, that is, those
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films and television programs that appeal to fans
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around the world.
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53. Can you quote chapter and verse from The Rocky Horror Picture
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Show?
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54. Have you ever participated in a live performance of The Rocky
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Horror Picture Show?
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55. Have you ever performed in a live performance of The Rocky Horror
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Picture Show?
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56. Do you watch Star Trek (the original series) on a regular basis?
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57. Do you watch Star Trek:The Next Generation on a regular basis?
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58. Can you quote episode title and/or number for every Star Trek
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episode on sight?
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59. Do you know the names of five or more Star Trek the old series
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cast members?
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60. Do you know the names of five or more Star Trek: The Next
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Generation cast members?
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61. Can you name at least five guest stars on either Star Trek the
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old series or Next Generation and the episodes they appeared in?
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62. Do you, or have you, compared ST and ST:TNG on a regular basis?
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63. Have you ever seen any Japanimation?
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64. Did you learn Japanese just so you could understand Japanimation?
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65. When you see Mel Gibson does Mad Max come to mind?
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66. When you see RoboCop does Buckeroo Banzai come to mind?
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67. Have you ever seen the same movie more than three times in the
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theater?
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68. More than five times?
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69. Can you name three or more actors that have portrayed Dr. Who?
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70. Do you know what a Red Dwarf is?
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71. Do you know who a Black Adder is?
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72. Have you ever compared Logon's Run the TV series with the movie
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and/or the book?
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73. Can you name at least three super heroes that had Prime Time
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television shows?
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74. Can you name at least five super heroes that had Prime Time
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television shows?
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75. Can you name more than five super heroes that had Prime Time
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television shows?
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76. Can you name all the cast members of Lost in Space, actors or
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cast names?
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Section V: Organizations
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This section refers to all those organizations in the
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world that promote and educate the people of fandom.
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These organizations are the haven for the strange,
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weird, and mentally acute, that belong to the world of
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the fan.
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77. Do you belong to at least one organization that utilizes the term
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"Mundane?"
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78. At least three?
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79. More than three?
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80. Do you belong to, have belonged to, or wish to belong to a
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Science Fiction or Speculative Fiction society?
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81. Do you belong to, have belonged to, or wish to belong to the
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IFGS? (International Fantasy Gaming Society)
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82. Do you belong to, have belonged to, or wish to belong to any
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other gaming organization?
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83. Do you belong to, have belonged to, or wish to belong to the SCA?
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(Society For Creative Anachronism)
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84. Do you belong to, have belonged to, or wish to belong to any
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organization other than the SCA that is dedicated to the
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recreation of a specific time period?
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85. Do you belong to, have belonged to, or wish to belong to any
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organization that is directed towards any specific science
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fiction/fantasy media? (Star Trek Club, Dr. Who Club, Star Wars
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Fan Club, etc)
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86. Have you ever been an officer of one of the above organizations?
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87. Have you ever started or attempted to start, one of the above, or
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a chapter of one of the above, organizations?
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88. Have you ever successfully started a club or chapter of a
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national organization that falls into one of the above
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categories?
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89. Do you have any names other than your legal name?
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90. Do you have more than one alias?
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91. Do more people call you by your alias than by your real name?
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92. Do you respond faster to an alias than to your legal name?
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Section VI: Publications
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This section refers to all those publications that are
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produced weekly, monthly, annually, or only once, with
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the purpose of educating and entertaining the community
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of all that is fen.
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93. Have you ever subscribed to a 'fanzine'?
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94. Have you ever subscribed to more than one 'fanzine'?
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95. Have you ever subscribed to more than three 'fanzines'?
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96. Have you ever been published in a 'fanzine'?
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97. Have you ever been published in more than three 'fanzines'?
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98. Have you ever published a 'fanzine'?
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99. Have you ever published more than one 'fanzine'?
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100. Have you ever received a publication for a club or organization
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from section V regularly?
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101. Have you ever received a publication for more than one club or
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organization from section V regularly?
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102. Have you ever published a publication for a club or organization
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from section V regularly?
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103. Have you ever published a publication for more than one club or
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organization from section V regularly?
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104. Have you ever subscribed to a magazine of a science fiction
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literary or media nature?
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105. Have you ever subscribed to two or more magazines of a science
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fiction literary or media nature at one time?
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106. Have you ever been published in a magazine of a science fiction
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literary or media nature?
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107. Have you ever been published in more than one magazine of a
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science fiction literary or media nature?
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108. More than three times?
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109. Have you ever subscribed to a gaming magazine?
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110. Have you ever subscribed to more than one gaming magazine at one
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time?
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111. Have you ever been published by a gaming magazine?
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112. Have you ever been published by more than one gaming magazine?
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113. Have you ever published a magazine of a science fiction literary
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or media nature?
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114. Have you ever published a gaming magazine?
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Section VII: Costuming
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This section is created to appeal to all those fans
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that play dress up. If you have ever had the
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inclination to "be" Tarzan, John Carter of Mars, or
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Gandalf, this is your section.
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115. Have you ever worn a costume for anything other than a costume
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party or Halloween?
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116. Have you ever attended a masquerade?
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117. Have you ever participated in a masquerade contest?
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118. Have you ever won a prize in a masquerade contest?
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119. Have you ever won more than one prize?
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120. Have you ever worn a hall costume?
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121. Have you ever won a hall costume contest?
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122 More than once.
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123. Have you ever made a costume from leftovers?
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124. Have you ever made a costume from what was available in a hotel
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room?
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125. Have you ever made and/or worn a costume that covered less than
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75% of your body?
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126. Have you ever worn or seen one of the following worn as a costume
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in public: chain mail bikini, bunny fur bikini, or loincloth.
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127. Have you ever made, or had made for you, an authentic replica of
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a period costume?
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128. Have you ever used electronics as part of a science fiction
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costume?
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Section VIII: Public (Appearances in, Attitudes in)
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This section is for all those strange and confusing
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rituals that fans seem to have in public.
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129. Have you ever slept in a hotel room with more than five people in
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it?
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130. More than 10?
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131. More than 20?
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132. Have you ever slept under a piece of furniture by choice?
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133. Have you ever slept on a piece of furniture not normally
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associated with sleeping? (ie. coffee table, ottoman, vanity)
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134. Do you give backrubs to strangers?
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135. Have you ever been to a party with two or three hundred of your
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closest friends?
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136. Have you ever worn black for the purpose of 'freaking' people?
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137. Have you ever purposefully attempted to 'freak the mundanes'?
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138. Do you regularly use 'weird' and 'strange' as compliments?
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139. Have you ever held conversations consisting completely of quotes?
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140. Have you ever followed someone because you had nothing better to
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do?
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141. Have you ever drawn strangers to you for the purpose of a
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'quest'?
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142. Have you ever waved at anyone you did not know?
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143. Do you regularly wave at people you do not know?
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144. Do you greet people by kissing their hands?
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145. Do you hug complete strangers?
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146. Have you ever screamed in a public place with no reason? (ie you
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were not in danger, hurt, etc).
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147. Have you ever wandered around a public place playing a musical
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instrument without doing so for alterer motives (ie, payment,
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tips, school band, etc).
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Section IX: Literature
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This section refers to the literature based lifestyle
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that has ripped into the hearts and minds of fans
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worldwide. This is the stuff that dreams are made of,
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or the dreams that stuff is made of.
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148. Do you read science fiction?
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149. Do you read fantasy?
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150. Do you read more than one of the above books a month?
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151. Do you read more than one of the above books a week?
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152. Can you name any books that you have read that are over 20 years
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old and are either science fiction or fantasy?
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153. Can you name any books that you have read that are over 40 years
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old and are either science fiction or fantasy?
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154. Can you name any books that you have read that are over 60 years
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old and are either science fiction or fantasy?
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155. Have you read or do you own any books on science fiction or
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fantasy literature history?
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156. Have you read or do you own any books on science fiction and
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fantasy films?
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157. Have you read or do you own any books that outline another
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series, world, or people of a science fiction or fantasy film,
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television production, or novel.
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158. Have you ever written a novel or novella within the genre of
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science fiction?
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159. Have you ever written a novel or novella within the genre of
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fantasy?
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160. Have you ever had one of the above published? (Self published or
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by an existing company).
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161. Are you a member of SFWA?
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162. Do you own more than four books by anyone science fiction or
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fantasy author?
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163. More than twelve?
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164. Do you follow the belief that all good epics come in at least
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trilogies?
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165. Have you read any science fiction or fantasy written prior to
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1920?
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Section X: General
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This section is for all that stuff that we couldn't
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find room for, that wasn't large enough for its own
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section, or that falls into a class all by itself
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(Maybe everyone belongs here).
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166. Have you ever done a three hour road trip on the spur of the
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moment for the purposes of an organization you belong to? (The
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organization must fall under one of the categories in Section V).
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167. A five hour road trip?
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168. More than five hours?
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169. Have you ever done a three hour road trip on the spur of the
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moment to attend a convention or meet an author?
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170. A five hour road trip?
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171. More than five hours?
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172. Do you refer to knives and other bladed weapons as toys?
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173. Do you refer to guns as toys?
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174. Do you spend more than a tenth of your monthly income on science
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fiction/fantasy related books, toys, etc?
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175. Do you spend more than a quarter of your monthly income on
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science fiction/fantasy related books, toys, etc?
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176. Do you buy toys for yourself?
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177. Do you consider yourself part animal?
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178. Do other people consider you part animal?
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179. Do you consider yourself part, or all, alien?
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180. Do others consider you part, or all, alien?
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181. Have you ever been to Court? (this is not municiple)
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182. Have you ever met a Klingon?
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183. Do you know any science fiction or fantasy authors?
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184. Do you go wandering "just to see what's over there"?
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185. Do you carry a towel for emergencies?
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186. Do you pull something off your own private rack for Halloween?
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187. Do you consider Halloween another excuse to make a new outfit?
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188. Have you ever watched an entire series (TV or Movies) in one
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sitting? (A series must consist of more than two episodes or
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films such as all five Planet of the Apes films).
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189. Have you ever referred to someone as a Mundane?
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190. Do you know who the Watchman is?
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191. Do you know who the Dark Knight is?
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192. Have you ever made/drank Romulan Ale?
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193. Have you ever made/drank a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster?
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194. Have you ever made/drank Mead?
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195. Do you believe in Dragons?
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196. Have you ever taken the Mundanity Test?
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197. More than once?
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198. Have you ever administered the Mundanity Test?
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199. More than once?
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200. To more than five people at one time?
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Here ends the test known, or more correctly to be known, or at least
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hopefully to be known, as the Mundanity Test. Scoring.
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Congratulations, you are now the proud possessor of a sheet of
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paper with lots of little answers scribbled on it. There are two
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ways to discover your mundanity index score (MI) at this point:
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(1) count up all your no's and, using a calculator or personal
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computer (even a minicomputer will do) divide the total number of
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no's by 200; or (2) count up every other no, this will give you a
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number between 1 and 100 that will represent your mundanity index
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score as well. If you didn't score zero, work on it...
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Send all additions, corrections, comments and flammes, to:
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Northern Arizona Speculative
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Fiction Society
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c/o Jon Bonnell
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5250 Courtland Blvd #95
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Flagstaff, Az 86004
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or
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jbb@mvacxs1.cse.nau.edu
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