Tuesday, November 9, 2010

How Much of a True Austinite Are You?

Here is a quiz to see whether you are a true Austinite or not. Let me know if you have additional questions to add.

1. Have you been to ACL Fest? (1 pt.)
2. Have you been to a taping of Austin City Limits? (5 pts. or 10 pts. if Gary P. Nunn was the guest)
3. Have you swam in Barton Springs? (1 pts. or 5 pts. if you did it in December).
4. Do you remember which downtown bank building used to have gold windows? (1 pt.)
5. Did you ever go to Liberty Lunch? (5 pts)
6. Have you been to Esther's Follies? (1 pt.)
7. Did you eat at Matt's El Rancho when it was still on First Street? (5 pts.)
8. Did you ever go to the Armadillo? (5 pts. or 10 pts. if you remember who was playing).
9. Have you run on the Town Lake Hike & Bike trail? (1 pt.)
10. Did you ever see Stevie Ray Vaughn? (seeing the statue doesn't count). (1 pt.)
11. Do you lock up your daughters when the legislature is in session? (1 pt.)
12. Did you ever go to Raul's? (1 pt. or 5 pts. if you remember who was playing)
13. Have you climbed Mt. Bonnell? (1 pt.)
14. Do you know whether FM 2244 is Bee Cave or Bee Caves? (1 pt.)
15. Have you never voluntarily gone to the Domain? (1 pt.)
16. Do you remember the Trail of Lights? (1 pt.)
17. Have you ever said that Austin was a great place before all those other people got here?
(1 pt.)
18. Have you taken a picture in bluebonnets? (1 pt)
19. Have you been to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center? (1 pt.)
20. Have you been to South by Southwest? (1 pt. if it was in the last 10 years, 2 pts. if it was in the last 10 years or 3 pts. if it was 20 years ago or more).
21. Have you stayed at the Driskill? (1 pt.)
22. Do you keep Austin weird? (1 pt.)
23. Have you run in the Capitol 10,000? (1 pt. for every time)
24. Have you ever shopped at Whole Foods? (1 pt.) Did you shop at Whole Foods when it was just a hole in the wall? (10 pts.).
25. Have you eaten at Jeffreys for a special occasion? (1 pt)
26. Have you been to a play at the Zilker Hillside Theater? (1 pt.)
27. Have you seen the Uranium Savages perform live? (1 pt. Extra pt. if you can name their drummer).
28. Have you eaten at Cisco's? (1 pt.)
29. Have you ever lived in 78704? (5 pts.).
30. Have you ever lived in apartments off of Riverside? (3 pts.).
31. Do you know the original name for Sixth Street (and no, it is not Drunk College Students Throwing Up Ave.)(1 pt.).
32. Do you know how to pronounce Manchaca? (1 pt.).
33. Do you refer to Loop 1 as Mopac? (1 pt. or 2 pts. if you know why it's called Mopac).
34. Have you ever been to an all-night city council meeting (5 pts.).
35. Have you seen Slacker? (1 pt.).
36. Have you ever seen Leslie at the corner of Sixth & Congress (1 pt. or 2 pts. if you know which political office he ran for and came in second; extra point if he was wearing a tiara).
37. Have you ever drunk beer at Scholz's Biergarten (1 pt. or 2 pts. if it was Lone Star).
38. Have you ever been to a UT football game (1 pt. or 5 pts. if you tailgated).
39. Have you ever seen Sandra Bullock (and no, watching a movie doesn't count)(2 pts.).
40. Have you bongoed with Matthew McConnaghey? (10 pts.).

0-10 pts. You just arrived from California
11-25 pts. Have you thought about relocating to Houston?
25-50 pts. You are kind of a slacker but can improve
51-100 pts. You remember back when or you just lie real well
100+ You are so weird that we don't know whether to be awed or annoyed by you.

My personal score was 64. I have to admit that I missed some of the more basic questions on my own quiz.

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