How addicted are you? - tango survey

How addicted are you? - tango survey

Write each answer in the box below the question.
1. What is the longest time you've spent dancing in one day/night?
1 hour or less 1 point
2-3 hours 2 points
3-5 hours 4 points
5-7 hours 6 points
7-9 hours 8 points
9+ hours 10 points


2. The lastest you've woken up the next day after a night's dancing?

8am -1 point
9-10am 0 points
10am-noon 1 point
noon-2pm 2 points
2-4pm 3 points
4-6pm 4 points
6-8pm 5 points
8-10pm 6 points


3. Lastest you've woken up just because you didn't want to have to wait to dance

noon-2pm 1 point
2-4pm 2 points
4-6pm 3 points
6-8pm 4 points
8-10pm sleeping through the milonga, or what?

4. Number of different cities you've tangoed in

1 point for every two cities

5. Number of countries you've tangoed in

1 point for every country

6. Number of planets you've danced on

???

7. Number of leaders/followers that have cried while dancing with you

1 point for every lead/follow

8. Number of trips to BsAs just to dance/learn tango

2 points for every trip

9. Number of days spent dancing in BsAs

1 point for every 2 weeks

10. Number of tango dance shoes bought

1 point for every 3 pairs

11. Number in 10. minus number of shoes fully worn down

-1 point for every pair not worn down

12. Total number of nights spent lying awake because you had a good dance that night

1 point for every two nights

13. Number of tango orchestras you can name

1 point for every 6 orchestras

14. Number of tango lyrics you've memorized

1 point for every 4 tangos

15. Number of tangos you can sing

1 point for every 30 tangos

16. Number of tangos you can sing well

1 point for every 10 tangos

17. Number of different relationships you've started with someone from dancing with them.

1 point for every relationship

18. Longest duration of the relationships from 17.

1 week -4 points
1-4 weeks -1 point
1-3 months 0 points
3-8 months 1 point
1-2 years 2 points
2+ years 3 points

19. Have you changed your job to coincide with your tango life?

yes 3 points
no what are you waiting for?

20. Have you moved to a different city based on the great tango there?

yes 3 points
no 0 points

21. Have you quit your job to be a tango bum?

yes 4 points
no 0 points

22. Have you spent money on tango when in debt to friends?

yes 2 points
no -2 points

23. Have you spent money which you don't have on tango?

yes 2 points
no 0 points

24. Number of floors you've slept on from dancing in other cities

1 point for every two different floors

25. Have talked more at a milonga than danced

yes -3 points
no 0 points

26. Total time spent depressed because of tango

none -2 points
1 day or less 0 points
1-4 days 1 point
4-14 days 2 points
2-4 weeks you need a rest
1-4 months you need a doctor

27. Total time spent living on top of the world because of good dances

none -5 points
1-7 days -2 points
1-8 weeks 0 points
2-12 months 1 point
1-2 years 3 points
2-4 years 5 points
4+ years 10 points

28. Total number of hours spent "researching" tango on the internet

none -4 points
1-10 hours -2 points
10-30 hours 0 points
30-60 hours 1 point
60-100 hours 2 points
weeks 3 points
months -1 point
years -4 points (shutdown and start dancing!)

29. Number of times you've preferred listening to music other than tango

none 3 points
1-10 2 points
10-100 1 point
100-500 -1 point

30. Is your license plate customized and does it refer somehow to tango?

yes 2 points
no 0 points

31. Do you wear tango attire to school/work?

yes 1 point
no 0 points

32. Do you wear tango attire while camping/hiking/biking/swimming?

yes 1 point
no 0 points

33. Number of times you've worn FULL tango attire to bed

none 0 points
1-3 1 point
3-6 2 points
7+ Hmm...

34. Number of times in 33. that you've woken up and continued dancing in the same clothes

none 0 points
1-3 3 points
3-6 4 points
7+ Hmm...

35. Total number of Altoids eaten

none Hmm...
1-100 0 points
100-1000 1 point
1000-10,000 2 points
10,000+ bad for the liver

36. Number of milongas/practicas you've organized

1 per every two milongas/practicas

37. Number in 36. that are still currently running

1 per milonga/practica

38. Have you tangoed on a boat?

yes 1 point
no 0 points

39. ...in the kitchen?

yes everyone does!
no -2 points

40. ...in a public outdoor place?

yes 1 point
no 0 points

41. ...naked?

yes 3 points
no 0 points

42. Do you drink coffee/caffinated substances before dancing?

yes 1 point
no 0 points

43. Do you drink alcohol before dancing?

yes 0 points
no 0 points

44. If yes to 43., are you an alcoholic?

yes 2 points
no -2 points

45. How thick is the callus on your feet?

1 point for every millimeter of callus

46. How many tango-induced foot surgeries have you been through?

2 points for every surgery

47. Do you have bunions?

yes 2 points
no 0 points

48. ...corns?

yes 1 point
no 0 points

49. ...warts?

yes 1 point
no 0 points

50. Have you cried just listening to a tango before?

yes 2 points
no 0 points

51. Have you cried while dancing before?

yes 2 points
no 0 points

52. Have you cried just thinking about tango before?

yes 2 points
no 0 points

53. a. For leaders - how many pages of tango figure notes have you written?

1 point for every 10 pages

b. For followers - what colors have you had on your legs from back sacadas?

black 0 points
black and blue 1 point
black, red, blue 2 points
black, red, blue, green 3 points

54. What percent of your friends tango?

0-25% -4 points
25-50% 0 points
50-75% 1 point
75-100% 2 points

55. Followers: how many pairs of hose they go through in a month from dancing tango.
2 points for each pair per month

56. How far you've driven just to dance tango (tango nookie run)
1 point for every 100 miles.

57. How many people you've converted to tango?
1 point for every person.

58. Have you ever danced in the parking lot after a milonga because it wasn't enough?
yes- 1 point (per every time)

59. Did you get kicked out of the parking lot by security because the music was too loud and too late at night and the neighbors complained?
yes - 1 point ( per time)

Total up your points, e-mail me the results and/or suggestions for new questions.



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