Os Types Quiz

John C. Dvorak's Great Operating System Quiz
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1. What appliaction do you expect to use the most?
DOS)     Spreadsheet
OS/2)    large complex database
Windows) solitaire
Unix)    GREP

2. What is your favourite TV show?
DOS)     "Nova"
OS/2)    "The MacNeil-Lehrer Report"
Windows) "Woody Woodpecker"
Unix)    the 3:00am test pattern

3. What is your favourite Hobby?
DOS)     stamp collecting
OS/2)    bird watching
Windows) snail racing
Unix)    button collecting

4. What kind of clothes do you prefer?
DOS)     sports suit, no tie
OS/2)    suit & tie
Windows) sweater & jeans
Unix)    Nerdy t-shirt, jeans, no underpants

5. What kind of music do you like?
DOS)     The Beatles
OS/2)    classical
Windows) New Age fusion music
Unix)    tuba solos

6. What's your favourite colour?
DOS)     modern beige
OS/2)    blue
Windows) stark white
Unix)    pizza-stain red

7. What's your favourite car?
DOS)     Ford
OS/2)    Lexus
Windows) fake Bugatti
Unix)    Borgward

8. Who is your favourite Artist?
DOS)     Rembrandt
OS/2)    Pollack
Windows) Dali
Unix)    Gary Larsen

9. Who is your favourite Author?
DOS)     Robert Heinlein
OS/2)    Tom Wolfe
Windows) John Madden
Unix)    Walt Disney

10.Whos is your favourite Actor?
DOS)     Rod Steiger
OS/2)    John Wayne
Windows) Leonard Nimoy
Unix)    Richard Simmons

11.Who was your favourite President?
DOS)     Abe Lincoln
OS/2)    Ronald Reagan
Windows) Jack Kennedy
Unix)    Hubert Humphrey

12.What's your preferred breakfast food?
DOS)     cereal
OS/2)    steak & eggs
Windows) soft-boiled egg
Unix)    pizza

13.If time wasn't important, how would you prefer to travel?
DOS)     walk
OS/2)    steam train
Windows) hot air balloon
Unix)    pogo stick

14.(to be answered by men) If you were stuck on a desert island with only 1
   woman, whom would you choose?
DOS)     Kim Basinger
OS/2)    Meryl Streep
Windows) Dr. Ruth Westheimer
Unix)    a photo of Kim Basinger

15.(to be answered by women) If you were stuck on a desert island with only 
   1 man, whom would you choose?
DOS)     Kevin Costner
OS/2)    Arnold Schwarzeneger
Windows) Bill Gates
Unix)    a photo of Kim Basinger

16.When you get up in the morning, what is the first thing you do?
DOS)     shower
OS/2)    brush teeth
Windows) gargle
Unix)    pick off food stuck to body from sleeping with pizza

17.What's the last thing you do before going to bed?
DOS)     let out cat, turn off lights
OS/2)    brush teeth
Windows) pray
Unix)    check to see if there is a pizza in the bed

Tally your score and don't waste a minute finding pleasure in the operating 
system that suits you best. One disclaimer I have to make: Anyone scoring
17 straight "Unix" answers should seek counseling immediately.

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