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About This Quiz
Are you in the market for a new race car? Simply by learning about your hobbies, your personality, and your lifestyle, we'll be able to figure out which one should be parked in your driveway. How will we do it? Well, each race car has a set of traits that your hobbies will directly reflect. Does your hobby require precision thinking? If you answered yes, you need a race car designed to hang tight curve.
Whether you are a painter or you collect rocks, your hobbies give away a lot about you. From hearing what you like to do in your spare time, we'll be able to tell what kind of driver you are on the road. Consequently, we'll be able to tell which race car you could handle like a moonshiner outrunning the long arm of the law. From dirt track cars to streamlined funny cars, race cars are as varied as hobbies. Let's try to pair them up and determine the race car you should take to the carpool next week.ÂÂ
Will it be the race car you've always imagined, or will it be something even faster than you imagined? Spend some time talking about your habits, and we'll tell you!
Does your hobby involve a lot of sitting down?
Most of the time
Some of the time
All the time
None of the time
How do others' opinions change when they learn of your hobby?
They see me as more interesting.
They see me as more obsessive.
They think I'm a bit strange.
They think I'm a bit mad.
Have you ever felt real fear for your life when doing your hobby?
No, never
Not unless I'm doing in where dangerous people might not like me for doing it.
No, I do it in my home, in the safety of my bedroom.
Every time I do it.
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Is there a physical product of your hobby?
Sometimes
Usually
Not always "physical" but there's always a product.
Not unless you count my sweat and tears.
Is your hobby helpful in any sort of normal career?
Not really
In certain careers
In many STEM careers
Not even a little!
How does your hobby build character?
It's about discipline and teamwork.
It's about sensitivity and patience.
It's about diligence and study.
It's about facing your fears.
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Does your hobby come from a period of cultural upheaval?
No, but cultural upheaval plays a major role in its development.
Yes, a lot of changes were afoot.
No, but the underlying technology that allows it is a distinctly 20th century.
It became more popular during such a period.
How old is your hobby?
It's as old as the hills.
It's fairly new and niche.
It's a modern innovation, made possible only by very recent technologies.
It's a few decades old.
Is your hobby respected?
It's very respected.
It's respected by some, mocked by most.
It's respected because of what it can do in the real job world.
It's only respected because of the risks involved.
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Are there people who do your hobby professionally?
Yes, but it's a small percentage of all the people practicing it.
Maybe six
Hundreds of thousands of people
Only a few dozen
How culturally popular is your hobby?
It's wildly popular.
It's totally unpopular.
It's popular, but mostly among people who want to turn it into a profession.
It's narrowly popular among the wealthy and the crazy.
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Does your hobby require a computer?
No, but one can be useful.
No, and their use is discouraged.
Yes, it's absolutely required.
It's optional.
Does your hobby require a lot of book reading?
Some, but it's mostly optional.
A lot of reading, but only if you want to be stylish.
It takes tons of reading, but I prefer e-books.
Nope! You pretty much just have to do it.
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Are there many courses offered for your hobby?
Plenty
None
There are some boot camps.
Yes, and they cost a pretty penny.
Do a lot of people do your hobby?
Loads!
Very few
There are many but mostly clustered in cities.
There aren't too many, but there are enough to sustain the community.
Do many people do your hobby well?
No, only a select few
No one does my hobby well.
There are many, many people who do my hobby well.
There's a bar of "good enough" in my hobby that most people pass, and the rest get hurt badly.
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Are you ever embarrassed by your hobby?
No, I'm proud of it.
I never admit I do it.
I don't try to use it to make myself look cool.
No, it makes me look like a badass.
Are there moneyed clubs that practice your hobby?
Several!
No, certainly no one who does my hobby has money.
There are "organizations" more than clubs.
Yes, there are a few.
Is your hobby confined to a certain economic class?
No, many people of many backgrounds practice it.
Mostly educated people.
It's mostly people who have at least a high school education.
It's only practiced by wealthy people.
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Where is your hobby more common?
Mostly in cities, but some venture well out of them
Only cities
It's found in many different kinds of places, but college campuses are the most common places.
It's found everywhere, but its practitioners mostly live in wealthy areas.
Does your hobby cost a lot of money to do?
It can, but it need not.
No, it's practically free.
There's an expensive buy in but that's all.
Yes, at every step.
Does your hobby require a lot of time every day?
At least a half hour every day
It depends on what I'm working on.
No, but a few times a week.
No, I only need to work on it on those rare occasions I have a whole weekend to do it.
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How often do you have to spend a whole weekend on your hobby?
Most weekends
About once a month
Rarely
If I'm going to do it at all, it takes at least a weekend.
Does your hobby require special equipment?
There's a wide variety of tools you can choose from.
There's some variability, but the basics are always the same.
Not too specific
Absolutely!
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Is your hobby difficult to do well, even with practice?
That's about the measure of it.
It can be.
It is only with the most difficult of tasks.
It's as difficult early on as it is later.
How much of your hobby is down to natural talent?
A good deal of it
Very little
A little, but it's mostly learned.
It's all learned.
How ephemeral is your hobby?
It can be ephemeral, though those times it is often recorded.
It's usually preserved in some way.
It's not ephemeral at all.
It's totally ephemeral.
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