I can't sleep. So I figure it's high time to finally put The Wonk Test online. Inspiration from The Geek Test. Keep a running tally and post your results in the comments section:
You might be a policy wonk if...
I. You have ever read...
1. Foreign Affairs
2. Foreign Policy
3. International Organization
4. International Security
5. Political Science Quarterly
6. Parameters
7. ABA Journal
8. any academic law journal
9. The New Republic
10. The Nation
11. The National Interest
12. National Review
13. National Journal
14. New York Times or Wall Street Journal or Washington Post
15. or all 3
16. The Economist
17. Financial Times
18. The Guardian
19. The Times of London
20. Le Monde
21. Le Figuaro
22. Le Monde Diplomatique
23. any of them in French
24. UN Chronicle or any UNDP magazine
25. any journal published by WTO, IMF, World Bank
26. any journal published by any Federal Reserve bank
27. any journal published by OECD, OSCE, NATO, CoE, EU
28. you have accessed them online
29. you have a subscription to any 1 of them in your own name
30. or to all of them
31. GlobalSecurity.org
32. any report publsihed by the GSA (not pamphlets)
33. any report published by the GAO, OMB, BLS
34. any report published by DoD, FBI/DOJ, CIA, NSA, State
35. yes I do have clearance to read them
35a. Reading them even when you don't have clearance to do so *
36. a book on Russian history
37. Chinese or Japanese history
38. French, British, Spanish, or Turkish history
39. Roman, Greek, Persian, or Egyptian history
39a. Any of the above in the original *
40. any book by a polisci professor whose class you've taken
41. 3 or more Tom Clancy novels
42. 3 or more Isaac Asimov novels/anthologies
43. 3 or more Sharpe novels
44. The Federalist Papers
45. The Pentagon Papers
46. Anything by or about Thomas Schelling *
47. Two or more Bob Woodward books *
48. Hansard *
49. Arts and Letters Daily *
50. Politics and Policy (double points if you're a contributor!) *
51. Political science textbooks... for pleasure reading *
II. You have ever watched/listened to...
1. The West Wing
2. every episode thereof
3. Law & Order or any spinoff
4. 4 or more seasons thereof
5. The History Channel
6. any Discovery Channel or National Geographic network
7. bonus for DTimes or DWings
8. NPR, PRI, PBS
8a. WBAI, Air America +
8b. while driving to meet your date +
8c. during your date +
9. BBC World Service, RFE/RL, RFA, VOA
10. C-SPAN
10a. C-SPAN2 +
10b. you know that C-SPAN2 exists +
10c. and watch it on a Saturday morning +
10d. Choose C-SPAN2 over C-SPAN because you think C-SPAN is too comercialized +
11. Prime Minister's Questions
12. TV/Radio Marti
13. while in Cuba
14. a public lecture/conference/panel
15. live
16. just for the wine & cheese afterward
17. any HRW or UNA-USA film festival entry
18. any documentary/indie film festival entry
19. in the theater
20. any play/musical/opera, live
21. multiple times
22. Family Guy
23. South Park
24. Futurama
25. Histeria or Animaniacs
26. any superhero cartoon
27. Transformers
28. He-Man/She-Ra
29. G.I. Joe or Bionic 6
30. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
31. Simpsons
32. bonus for the Model UN episode
33. War Games or Sneakers or Hopscotch
34. The War Room
35. Farenheit 9/11
36. Dr. Strangelove
37. Manchurian Candidate (old version)
38. every James Bond movie
39. and the Sean Connery ones 4+ times
40. every Star Wars or Star Trek
41. or both
42. the Matrix trilogy
43. the Indiana Jones trilogy
44. Wag the Dog or Bulworth or Primary Colors or Dave
45. The American President
46. Gettysburg
47. Glory
48. The Longest Day
49. 3 or more Vietnam war movies
50. every Sharpe movie
51. every Jack Ryan movie
52. Nixon White House tapes
53. Meet the Press *
54. You've been on it *
55. Multiple times *
56. Newshour with Jim Lehrer *
57. Crossfire (in the live audience only) *
58. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart *
59. A college graduation speech for the keynote speech by a policymaker *
60. The McLaughlin Group *
61. You've been on it *
III. You have ever done/attended...
1. mock trial
2. policy debate or L/D
3. parliamentary debate
4. extemporaneous speech
5. Model UN
6. Model Congress
7. any other model debate
8. or all of the above
9. or ran any one of them
10. war re-enactment
11. a Renaissance Fair
12. written for the press
13. or a blog
14. your own blog
15. that's been updated in the last week
16. made a film/radio documentary
17. published a nonfiction book
18. played Risk or Axis/Allies
19. played any historical war video game
20. played any Metal Gear game
IV. You've worked for (or still work for)...
1. military intelligence
2. any civilian intel service
3. any criminal justice agency
4. a lobbying firm
5. a NYC, DC, Boston, SF, or Chicago law firm
6. an advocacy agency or NGO
7. any government agency or elected official
8. the UN or other inter-governmental agency
9. any humanitarian aid/development agency
10. a think tank
11. the press (print, TV, radio)
12. a college (as faculty)
13. as tenured faculty
V. You have...
1. a political science degree
2. 2 or more polisci degrees
3. a law degree
4. a Ph.D
5. any social science degree
6. gone to class drunk
7. or stoned
8. or both
9. consistently
10. and still pull a 3.0+ GPA
11. been on a panel discussion
12. or 3 or more
13. A Blackberry *
14. A combination PDA/cell phone *
15. A resume more than three pages long *
16. A classified resume *
17. An "I love me" wall *
18. Your picture on other "I love me" walls *
19. A security detail *
20. A consulting firm with James Carville on the board *
21. A consulting firm with Mary Matalin on the board *
22. One with both. *
23. A column in a campus newspaper *
24. A column in a regional paper *
25. A column in a national paper *
26. A column in the New York Times *
27. Your name on the masthead of the New York Times *
28. A personal assistant *
29. Memoirs *
30. A contract for memoirs and a ghostwriter *
31. An office in OEOB *
32. An office in the West Wing *
33. An office in the Oval *
34. A Capitol Hill staffer's number in your Rolodex *
35. A congressman's number in your Rolodex *
36. A senator's number in your Rolodex *
37. Karl Rove's number in your Rolodex *
38. 3 or more friends working in government +
39. All of the people you know are either planning to go to law school, attending law school, or have a parent who works as a lawyer. +
40. Sat in on a polictical science seminar that you're not taking for credit +
41. participated during this seminar +
42. Used Thucydides or Clausewitz when refering to the current war +
43. Corrected somone's quote when they referred to Thucydides or Clausewitz. +
44. Read "The Wonk Test" all the way through +
45. contributed to "The Wonk Test" +
46. while you're at work +
47. and is currently thinking of more to add +
Results:
0 - 25: prole from 1984 26 - 75: pseudo-intellectual
76 - 100: infOrgasmic
101 - 150: Elder statesman
151 - 202: Best and the Brightest
Thanks to * Schlick and + Di for suggested additions. =)
So how'd you do? Post it in comments along w/ suggestions!
