QT Coordination Test ...

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

Come one, Come all to test you strenghts agianst the legendary QT characters.

7 tests of powers highly valued in the worlds of Eddis, Attolia, and Sounis. 

1) Do you raise one eyebrow or two?
 
2) Can you tuck a strand of hair behind your right ear with your left hand…or vice versa?
 
3) Can you write with your non-dominant hand?
 
4) Can you juggle wine glasses….or anything else?
 
5) Can you stand on one hand…..How about two?
 
6) Can you swim “very well?”
 
7) Has anyone ever taught you how to defend yourself against a table….and can you do it?

Have fun, and don't get hurt, because Gen sent all the physicians away!

*Eddited to add:*  Alright, I realized I never included any points system so here goes:
                              If you get 3 out of the first 6, you pass.
                              Bonus points awarded for number 7.
                              Bonus points for anything above and beyond what is mentioned in the tests.

Thanks, everyone, and keep up the good work!

Comments

[booksrgood4u.livejournal.com]

Here goes:

1) I raise one eyebrow, only one, because it irritates Bookworm! ;D
2)Yup.
3)Only if I think reeeaaally hard about it.... so, let's just say no.
4)I couldn't juggle to save my life - especially not wine glasses....better to stay away from the breakable stuff!
5)I can stand on one foot....Does that count?!
6)Nope, but neither can Irene, so I'm in good company!
7)I know someone who could prbably teach me if I asked.....

This was fun, Bookworm, did I pass??

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

Alright, you got 2 out of the first 6, so unfortunately, you don't pass.
We'll send you off to train with the guard, and make sure Gen works with you every day.

(And I took off extra points because you only raise one eyebrow to annoy other people!)

[booksrgood4u.livejournal.com]

Whoa, I get to hang out with Gen and Costis and the guards because I failed?!! I wonder what I would have gotten if I had passed.....

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

LOL.

[creative-lefty2.livejournal.com]

1) I can only raise both eyebrows, but I like to pretend that I can lift one.
2) When it comes to hair tucking I'm ambidextrous. Left behind right, right behind left, left behind left...what ever. Depends on which hand is free.
3) No. But I do use a computer mouse and scissors with my non-dominate hand.
4) No. Scarves do belly flops when I throw them in the air with the aim of catching them.
5) No handstands...no headstands, either.
6) Gasp splash...gasp splash...gasp drown...nope.
7) No, but I can fit my dinning room table into a small car trunk.

So, what's my score?

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, your score is 1 out of 6, so you didn't make it to the winner's circle. Bonus points for creativity in expressing what scarves do when yo throw them. (I avoid juggling scarves, they never do what they're supposed to :(

(Don't worry, it is very difficult to stand up to the combined greatness of the QT characters. )

[chocolate-smash.livejournal.com]

1. I can raise one eyebrow,but only the left one unless I have a mirror.
2. Yes
3. No but that doesn't stop me from trying.
4. No.
5. With much practice over the summer I can now do a two handed handstand 3 out of 5 times.
6. Yes.
7. Never had to,but theoretically yes.

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, you pass. You got 3 out of 6. (We all haven't had as much practice as Gen to stand on our hands, so I think you doing pretty well!)

(I'd love to hear your theory on how to defend yourself against a table! I certainly wouldn't want to be stuck in an uncomfortable situation and be lacking in that knowledge!)

[chubbyleng.livejournal.com]

1) I can raise one eye brow. Either one. Hehehe, though the right one is easier to raise high. Whether I do it subconsciously or not, erm, I don't think so.
2) I can do left hand and right ear, but strangely I don't do right hand and left ear. o__o
3) Nooooooo!!!! I wish I could.
4) Uhm, I can juggle homework and facebook. XD
5) Noe, one other thing I wish I could.
6) Nope. = (
7) No. I've broken two desks though. But those don't count, because the tables weren't fighting back.

Heehee, this was fun. =D

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

Well, technically, (QT speaking) you only got 2 out of 6, but since they don't know anything about homework and facebook, you definetly get bonus points for being able to juggle, so ....

Congratulations, you pass!

(And bonus points ofr working on how to defend yourself against a table! The next step is to have them moving when you break them ...)

[thnidu.livejournal.com]

1. One. Either. Or lower either. Or raise either and lower the other. And play seesaw with them. Very useful for entertaining small children on buses and trains.
2. Yes.
3. Badly, but legibly. I can also write upside-down. I read upside-down and mirror much better than I write them.
4. No
5. neither
6. no way
7. nix

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

Okay, you pass! Even Gen had to work long and hard at writing with his non-dominant hand, so legibly is a great start! Keep up the good work!

(Bonus points for being able to write upside-down! I bet Gen never even tried that !)

[pico-the-great.livejournal.com]

1) One, and all the time. I find myself doing it when reading. Probably looks weird to observers.

2) Yep! either or. (I have a much harder time brushing my hair with my left, though, than with my right.)

3) Yes, with effort. Ditto the above with upside-down and mirror. I can also write chinese with my left hand - again, badly but legibly.

4) I can juggle two objects until I drop them. So .... no :D

5) Two, yes. One, nope.

6) Yep! I backstroke like a champ!

7) No, but I've got a brother...

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

You got a yes on 4 out of 6, and a halfway on another - Definetly passing grade! Two hands is a start for one!

(Bonus points for being able to write Chinese with you left hand too!!)

[agh-4.livejournal.com]

1. No way, even though I've tried Tiegirl's method of holding one down in the mirror...
2. Yes!
3. Very, very, shakily. I tried improving it a lot about two years ago, but then I gave it up for writing backwards.
4. No.
5. No...
6. Haha ... probably not quite as well, but maybe Sophos was being overly defensive. :)
7. No, my education is definitely missing something.

[tiegirl.livejournal.com]

Seriously, you guys, this works! *is earnest* It's just muscles, and you're just training them. You hold one eyebrow, and raise the other, multiple times. Do it over and over, while you're reading, or listening to lectures, or whatever. Soon, you'll be doing like Gen or Irene, or a, a... a librarian! My mother used to raise her eyebrow naturally all the time and it drove me nuts that I couldn't do it, so I trained mine and now I can do it. I do it subconsciously now while I read and it gets me in trouble at departmental meetings (it used to, anyway..."Kristin, do you have something to say?").

Anyway, I used to be able to juggle, but I'm out of practice and I was never very good. I used to be able to do handstands on two hands but I was never very good, and only with two hands. Table defense is just...something I never tried.

Tucking hair with my opposite hand I could do but now it's too short.

I'm a champ at swimming. I took every swimming course known to man. I know obscure things like the weight of a gallon of water and how long it takes for a car to fill up and turn over once you drive it into a lake. I was swimming at 7 months old. I can swim. I got that one.

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, you made it! You pass!

I will definetly have to try that method of holding up one eyebrow. I am definetly lacking in that trait, and I need something to get back at books for!

(Bonus Points for how well you can swim!)

[booksrgood4u.livejournal.com]

Here is my 5-step eybrow raising tutorial:
Step 1: Raise both eyebrows
Step 2: Squint one eye until that eybrow goes down.
Step 3: Repeat step 2 a few thousand times, preferably where no one can see you, otherwise they'll think you look like Popeye
Step 4: Work on opening the closed eye all th way without the other eyebrow coming down
Step 5: Repeat step 4 a few thousand times.

Congratulations, you should now be able to raise one eyebrow independently of the other!

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

Well, I'd call it 3 out of 6, so
Congratulations, you pass!

Gen took a long time to get it right, and he started out very shaky.
And I think Sophos was trying to prove something ...

[agh-4.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't blame him.

[crazededdisian.livejournal.com]

1) One, usually. Then sometimes I raise the other. Or lower it again. I'm left-eyebrowed, but I'm working on the right one....
2) All the time. More impressive is braiding hair with one hand.
3) Yep! It's very firm writing, which is why I usually don't. Oddly enough, my left-handed upside-down-and-backwards writing is neater than anything my right achieves.
4) Two balls, for a very short period of time. Contact juggling is cooler.
5) Um, no. No.
6) I'm good at not drowning, not at swimming.
7) No, but I've had (involuntary and unwilling) practice.

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! With four out of six, you definetly pass!
I'd love to see how you can braid with only one hand!! That is definetly impressive! (Take an extra bow and some bonus points!)

Bonus points for practicing with a table, because practice is the first step toward proficiency! (And we will definetly set up a meeting with Sophos so he can learn a few things ...)

[crazededdisian.livejournal.com]

Let's just say it's really loose and easy to mess up. The table, in fairness, was only a card table. :)

[meltintall3.livejournal.com]

1) I tell myself that I can lift each eyebrow independent of each other, but the person watching me might not notice. :p
2)Yep! :D
3)Yes, I can. You can even read the results!
4)I can juggle one ball. *nods* That's the first step, folks, once you move past the highly entertaining 'throw one ball in the air and watch it fall' step. *is learning from the Klutz book of juggling* ;)
5)Nope. :(
6)Not at all...
7)I know a new use for a tea table...

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

Well, we will call it a passing score, because you work so hard. (In another year or so, I bet you could beat us all, and maybe even give GEn a run for his money!)

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

The only one of these I can do is raise one eyebrow, but I'm told I do it very effectively. With frightening, librarian-like results.

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

Do you get kicked out of the group if you say the moderator didn't pass the test??

(Well, I think you still do a great job moderating, keeping everyone in line and all, so you're following in Irene's footsteps. Sorry we put you in the test with Gen, he could beat just about anybody ...)

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Ha, this reminded me of Megan's talk about how when someone says, "well, everyone has their gifts" it really means "well, YOUR gift is not fill-in-the-blank. You suck at that." Or some such.

But I will take what I can get.

[hazelwillow.livejournal.com]

1) I can raise one eyebrow sometimes. The rest of the time I just make a funny face.

2) Yes! But the first time I tried it, I agreed with Gen that it was a little awkward.

3) I can! I used to practise in grade school. My writing is slow, but legible. However, I find it easier to write backwards than forwards.

4) I can juggle wineglasses that are soon to become ex-wineglasses. But not wineglasses that are going to continue being wineglasses for a long time.

5) No. And no.

6) I can swim! Probably not as well as Sophos. :)

7) No one has taught me this, sadly! I think the best defence would be either a) a chainsaw or b) running away. I have a preference for (b).

However, I have been taught how to defend myself empty-handed against someone swinging a sword at me. I can take the sword away from them as they strike. But not in the exact same way that Gen does it.

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

Definetly a passing score!!

Bonus points for juggling ex-wineglasses, because I wouldn't even go near them.

Bonus points for coming up with a defense to fight off a table, and I think someone should have told Sophos, and he should definetly stick with (b), becasue chain saws weren't even invented yet ....

And EXTRA bonus points for being as swift with a sword as Gen!!!

[hazelwillow.livejournal.com]

I didn't know you were going to give us scores! Yay!

I feel honour-bound to say that I shouldn't deserve points for (4), because the wineglasses would be broken very soon. probably within the first two seconds. :P

My sword skills are definitely nowhere near Gen's... or even Costis's. Surprisingly, sword takeaways are taught sooner than actual fighting. Hehe.

[ladyadeone.livejournal.com]

1. One
2. Yes
3. Messily
4. No ;[
5. One, no. Two, yes.
6. Yes. I'm not breaking any records, but I'm better than most people.
7. Uh... No.

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, you passed!!

(Don't worry about the messy, you have to start somewhere :)

[theorangethief.livejournal.com]

1. definitly no
2. Yes this skill is needed when holding 6 shopping bags in one hand and your house keys in the other, except when your hair gets caught in the keys...
3. No unless you want to write a nonexistant language, because that's what it looks like.
4. I can juggle one ball!(If that counts) but I am going to stay away from breakable objects
5. Unless you want me to break my neck, arm, leg etc. etc., No.
6. I can knock over a table on accident...

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm sorry to say that you passed one test ... (but you definetly did above and beyond, being able to do it while holding 6 shopping bags and the house keys! I thought I was the only one who ever got weird stuff in my hair - I got dog tags stuck in my hair when I was sitting on the floor ...)

And we defiently don't want you getting hurt, especially since all our physicians are MIA (Actually, there hiding right around the corner, but Gen would make such a fuss ...)

Sorry about the delay ... my teacher just realized the semester was almost over.

[(Anonymous)]

1) It depends, if I'm surprised I raise two, if I'm angry/confused/sarcastic/etc I raise one.
2) Yes. Frankly I've always wondered why Gen found that so difficult.
3) Yes, too slowly for my liking though.
4) I have never been able to juggle, just the idea of juggling wine glasses makes me think I'm going to kill everyone.
5) I can stand on two hands, if I try one I'd end up dying.
6) I can swim reasonably well.
7) No one has ever taught me, but there have been occasions when I've had to defend my self from a table anyway.

[tencups-i-swear.livejournal.com]

Argh! That was me, but i haven't been here for so long I wasn't logged in!D:

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, you pass! I think you are chaneling Irene with you eybrow raising ...

Thank you, I always wonder why Gen thought is was so difficult too...

Kill everybody? We'll just stand rrrrrreally far back when you start ... (I juggle over my bed so no one can hear the thumps when I drop the balls ...)

Bonus Points for defending yourself against a table! If you have any pointers, please share, and I will make sure we get Sophos over for a lesson!

[tencups-i-swear.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!
Yes, I think I'm chaneling Irene too. Slightly disturbing sometimes. :/
I have no pointers sorry! Justs heer panic and a desire not to be crushed. :)

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

(1) I can raise my left eyebrow. Workin' on the right!

(2) Keh... XD I just did that. Yes!

(3) Yes, but not well, and not in a terribly straight line.

(4) *smash* *smash* *smash* Nope... Doesn't look like it. O_O

(5) If I lean against a wall, I can stand on two. If I tried one, I'd probably end up imitating those stop, drop, and roll demonstrations.

(6) Define "very well?" In other words, no... But I can ice skate well!

(7) I taught myself table-defence! I'm working on my black belt. Heave-ho!

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, you pass! (Don't worry about the straight lines, you've got to start somewhere...)

For the next test, we'll have to include a catagory for the best stop, drop, and roll demonstrations (We have to teach Gen how to do it safely, so it doesn't look like "stop, fall, and roll"...)

Bonus Points for being able to ice skate ... I don't think it gets cold enough in Attolia, so you could definetly hold some lessons ...

[deirdrej.livejournal.com]

Well....Here's some answers from Maria and me!

1) Do you raise one eyebrow or two?
Maria. Only two.
Me. ???? Can I use my hands? (see my mad and sneaky thief skillz!)

2) Can you tuck a strand of hair behind your right ear with your left hand…or vice versa?
Maria Well, of course.
Me " " " (imagine us speaking in chorus, if you can)
3) Can you write with your non-dominant hand?
Maria Well, yes.
Me " " (as above)
4) Can you juggle wine glasses….or anything else?
Maria claims that she cannot juggle anything. I, for one, do not believe her. I know that she can read two -- or even three! -- books at the same time. And so can I. (Those mad thief skillz again! All librarians have them!)
5) Can you stand on one hand…..How about two?
Nothing could be easier, but you have to be very careful not to hurt your hands. Wear soft shoes!
6) Can you swim “very well?”
Maria says she can't, & that's a true fact.
As for me, I can swim. I will leave it to Sophos to judge whether I swim "very well."
7) Has anyone ever taught you how to defend yourself against a table….and can you do it?
We have lots of practice defending ourselves against tables! They are always moving around, ending up in unexpected places, and falling on us. Soft shoes DO NOT help with this one ... and that's all I will say about it.

Maria and I can turn the tables on any table we see!

:-D

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, you pass!

That was my idea on how to stand on one hand!! Take some Bonus Points and an extra bow!

(I just got a note from Sophos, and he said you did very well in the swimming catagory!)

Bonus Points for being able to defend yourselfs against a table! Would you be willing to give a workshop??

PS

[deirdrej.livejournal.com]

I LOVE the icon! Sorahb! YAY!!

Re: PS

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

YAY!!!!! It's great to find another Farsala Fan! I didn't think anyone would know who Sorahb was!
Who is your favorite charater?

Re: PS

[deirdrej.livejournal.com]

Hi, and yes, I adore those books! I would have to say Kavi was my favorite -- but the others really grew on me, and by the end I loved all three of them.
But
Have you read any of her other books? A Matter of Profit is wonderful -- and so are several of her other ones!

Re: PS

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

I have to say that Jiaan was my favorite - but I do really like all of them, and I like the changes in them, especially Soraya and Kavi. The last chapter of Forging the Sword is my favorite because it shows have they all have grown.

I read her Shield Sword and Crown series- pretty good, even though it was aimed for a slightly younger audience. Read a couple of others, but never a Matter of Profit - thanks, I have to check it out!