Vegasness is not an easy thing to measure, but you know it when you feel it. Sometimes it happens exactly when you expected and planned, others it catches you by complete surprise. It can happen when you’re hiking at Red Rock Canyon in 100-plus degrees and marveling at the desert’s beauty just as easily as when you’re scorching a blackjack table on a Saturday night. You don’t need a 702 phone number or a cabbie’s knowledge of the quickest surface streets to be truly Vegas. The application process is minimal (but you should definitely know your drink order when you make eye contact with the bartender). Las Vegas is a party even when it isn’t, and everyone is always invited. But exactly how deep is your neon? Can you simultaneously love and hate the buffets and boozing and general circus of insanity? And can you get past all that to accept and admire the real? If so, it doesn’t matter if you’re born and raised or walking the Strip in socks and sandals. Let this quiz be your guide to self-discovery.

1. Do you love the Strip?

A. Of course. None of us would be here without it. (5 points)

B. Of course. I have lots of fun there. (5 points)

C. Of course not. I work there. (10 points)

2. ________ should be the official drink of Las Vegas.

A. The yard-long frozen margarita (0 points)

B. The Bombay Sapphire martini (2 points)

C. The Sinatra Smash (4 points)

D. Ass Juice (6 points)

3. What’s the strangest thing you’ve found in your pockets after a wild night out?

A. Glitter or confetti. (0 points)

B. A room key. Not yours. (3 points)

C. Underpants. Not yours. (5 points)

D. A cocktail shrimp. (7 points)

4. What is Las Vegas’ defining moment?

A. The opening of El Rancho. (3 points)

B. The opening of Caesars Palace. (5 points)

C. The opening of the Mirage. (7 points)

D. The opening of your hotel-room minibar. (7 points)

5. Seriously, who built Las Vegas?

A. A Jewish gangster from Brooklyn. (2 points)

B. A tycoon/filmmaker/aviator from Texas. (4 points)

C. The ambitious son of a bingo parlor operator. (6 points)

D. A Mormon banker from Utah. (7 points)

6. The Strip would be even better if ________ was still performing there.

A. Danny Gans (1 point)

B. Wayne Newton (3 points)

C. Siegfried & Roy (5 points)

D. Liberace (7 points)

7. You really wish …

A. Anderson Hunt had made that shot. (3 points)

B. Vegoose was still a thing. (3 points)

C. You’d never gone to that strip club that time. (3 points)

D. You didn’t miss going to that strip club that time. (5 points)

8. Ever bumped into ________?

A. Flavor Flav (0 points)

B. Carrot Top (1 point)

C. Penn Jillette (1 point)

D. Mike Tyson (2 points)

E. Holly Madison (2 points)

F. Carlos Santana (3 points)

G. Steve Wynn (4 points)

H. Andre Agassi (3 points)

I. Steffi Graf (5 points)

J. Nicolas Cage (-1 point)

9. The Stratosphere is ...

A. A layer of Earth’s atmosphere. (0 points)

B. A hotel and casino between the Strip and Downtown. (1 point)

C. Hella weird, if you think about it. (3 points)

D. How I know where I am. (5 points)

10. How do you buffet?

A. Salad, pizza and pasta, prime rib and crab legs. (1 point)

B. Prime rib, crab legs, prime rib, crab legs. (3 points)

C. One bite of everything, then lots of dessert. (5 points)

D. Lots of dessert, then prime rib and crab legs, even if I don’t have room. (7 points)

11. Ever party at ________?

A. C2K (2 points)

B. Baby’s (3 points)

C. Utopia (4 points)

D. The Drink (5 points)

E. The Shark Club (6 points)

12. What’s your favorite pro football team?

A. The one from my real hometown. (1 point)

B. The ones on my parlay card. (2 points)

C. Parlays are for suckers. (5 points)

D. Bishop Gorman. (3 points)

14. How long does it take to adjust to the Vegas climate?

A. Two years. (2 points)

B. Two months. (4 points)

C. Two drinks. (6 points)

D. Two drinks at Frankie’s Tiki Room. (8 points)

15. The best Vegas band is …

A. Panic! At the Disco. (1 point)

B. Imagine Dragons. (1 point)

C. The Killers. (2 points)

D. Slaughter. (3 points)

E. Your local band. (5 points)

16. The best Vegas song is ...

A. “Viva Las Vegas.” (3 points)

B. “Waking Up in Vegas.” (2 points)

C. “Ooh Las Vegas.” (2 points)

D. “Leaving Las Vegas.” (0 points)

17. The best parking in Las Vegas is …

A. Downtown. (-2 points)

B. At the Bellagio. (2 points)

C. At the Cosmopolitan. (4 points)

D. On Sunset by the airport, watching the planes land. (8 points)

18. Lake Mead is ...

A. Kinda pretty from the airplane window. (1 point)

B. That place where Erin Brockovich got a DUI. (2 points)

C. Kinda disgusting, but I usually jump in it once or twice every summer. (5 points)

19. Do you know what these Vegas-y acronyms stand for?

A. TI (1 point)

B. DI (2 points)

C. LVA (3 points)

D. LVCVA (2 points)

E. EDC (1 point)

F. EDR (5 points)

20. What’s the greatest Vegas concert you’ve seen?

A. The Rolling Stones at the Joint. (5 points)

B. The Rolling Stones at the Joint. I didn’t see it, but I tell people I did. (7 points)

C. Beastie Boys at the Huntridge. (7 points)

D. Iggy Pop at Calamity Jayne’s. (9 points)

21. Who is most responsible for making Las Vegas so delicious?

A. Andre Rochat. (3 points)

B. Wolfgang Puck. (4 points)

C. Steve Wynn. (5 points)

D. Roberto. (2 points)

22. How would you describe your interactions with Las Vegas street performers?

A. You’ve tipped one. (2 points)

B. You’ve kicked one. (-5 points)

C. You’re friends with one. (5 points)

D. You are one. (10 points)

23. What are your thoughts on a Las Vegas art museum?

A. Why? (0 points)

B. Isn’t that at Bellagio? (2 points)

C. A Las Vegas art museum would be fantastic, and hopefully we’ll have one soon. (4 points)

D. The Neon Museum is the Las Vegas art museum. (6 points)

24. Have you …?

A. Celebrated New Year’s Eve on the Strip (2 points)

B. Bounced under the chandelier to Calvin Harris at Omnia (3 points)

C. Grabbed a slice at the Cosmopolitan’s “secret” pizzeria (4 points)

D. Browsed the Bonanza Gift Shop (5 points)

E. Been on the High Roller (6 points)

F. Toured the Mob Museum (7 points)

G. Been Drunk of the Month at Dino’s (8 points)

H. Watched a casino implosion in person (9 points)

I. Sipped martinis with Oscar Goodman (20 points)

J. Had your name added to the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s Black Book (75 points)

25. What’s the best movie about Vegas?

A. Diamonds Are Forever. (3 points)

B. Leaving Las Vegas. (4 points)

C. The Cooler. (5 points)

D. Casino. (7 points)

26. What’s the best worst movie about Vegas?

A. Vegas Vacation. (1 point)

B. The Hangover. (3 points)

C. Showgirls. (5 points)

D. Casino. (7 points)

27. Once and for all, which is the best place to live?

A. Summerlin. (5 points)

B. Green Valley. (5 points)

C. The important thing is to claim one or the other and be passionate about it, even if you drive to the other neighborhood to eat or shop or hang with your friends. (7 points)

28. Why is Downtown a big deal?

A. That’s where the first non-native settlers built a fort next to a creek in 1855. (5 points)

B. That’s where a 1905 land auction took place, giving birth to the Las Vegas townsite. (5 points)

C. It’s the true heart of the Valley, and it’s in the middle of an exciting cultural and commercial revitalization. (5 points)

D. That’s where you can eat the legendary Golden Gate shrimp cocktail and drink a piña colada out of a football after you’ve been blasted out of a 12-story slot machine and ziplined under a 1,500-foot-long LED canopy. (6 points)

29. What’s the greatest book about Vegas?

A. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. (3 points)

B. Leaving Las Vegas. (4 points)

C. Learning From Las Vegas. (7 points)

D. Santa Is Coming to Las Vegas. (10 points)

30. How do you complete this statement? “I’m so Vegas, I’m ________.”

A. Drunk again (3 points)

B. Hawaiian (7 points)

C. Visible from space (9 points)

D. Hunkered down with a notebook and a tape recorder in a $75-a-day suite and a fantastic room service bill, run up in 48 hours of total madness, knowing that just as soon as dawn comes up I am going to flee without paying a f*cking penny, go stomping out through the lobby and call my red convertible down from the garage and stand there waiting for it with a suitcase full of marijuana and illegal weapons, trying to look casual, scanning the first morning edition of the Las Vegas Sun. (10 points)

Bonus! You noticed and know why we skipped Question­ 13. (5 points)

How’d you do?

75 points or less: Your Vegas Is Lacking. Very disappointing, bro. Have you even been here? You can’t be trusted. Report to the Fremont Street Experience immediately for cultivation and discipline.

75-125 points: Sprinkled With Vegas. Not bad ... you’ve clearly made the rounds but are you ready to take your Vegas to the next level? You might be a local who needs to participate more to get over the hump. You might be a frequent visitor who’s fantasizing about being a full-timer.

125-180 points: Very Vegas. Walking around carrying your heels? Oh no, not you. You enjoy making fun of tourists, even if you are one, and you’ve got plenty of favorite local sights, sounds, bites and bits you show love to on the regular. You’re not a native, but you’ve clearly put in work and you’ve got our respect.

180 points or more Almost Too Vegas. You aced this quiz, laughed at it and considered writing us a letter to point out its shortcomings. You know where all the holes are out in the desert and what’s buried in them. Oscar Goodman gets points for drinking martinis with you. Congratulations: Tonight, we toast your Vegasness.